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RAISING ELT STUDENTS’ AWARENESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF CRITICAL THINKING IN LANGUAGE EDUCATION

İNGİLİZCE ÖĞRETMENLİĞİ ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN ELEŞTİREL DÜŞÜNMENİN DİL ÖĞRETİMİNDEKİ ÖNEMİ HAKKINDA BİLİNÇLENDİRİLMESİ ÜZERİNE BİR ÇALIŞMA

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  • International Journal of Language Academy

Publication Year:

  • 2015

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Abstract (2. Language): 
Eleştirel düşünme son zamanlarda özellikle eğitim ve iş arenasında gittikçe önem kazanan bir kavramdır. Günümüz öğrencilerinin şaşırtıcı düzeydeki bilgi patlaması ile daha iyi baş edebilmesi için eleştirel düşünmenin öğretimi eğitimciler açısından kaçınılmaz bir amaç haline gelmektedir (Lipman, 2003; Lun et al., 2010; Ketabi, 2013). Böyle bir beceriyi sınıfta öğretebilmek için öğretmenlerin ilk önce eleştirel düşünmeyi kavramsal olarak iyi bilmeleri ve öğrencilere iyi bir örnek teşkil edebilmek için eleştirel düşünme becerilerine sahip olmaları gerekmektedir. Bu nedenle, söz konusu çalışma bir grup birinci sınıf İngilizce öğretmenliği öğrencisine eleştirel düşünme ve dil öğretiminde kullanımı hakkında verilen bir eğitimin bilişsel gelişim açısından katkısını araştırmıştır. Çalışma sonunda, konuyla ilgili okuma kaynakları, aktiviteler, ve Edward de Bono (1985) tarafından geliştirilen PMI isimli özel bir teknikle eğitilen katılımcılarda eleştirel düşünmenin tanımı ve İngilizce öğretimine adapte edilmesine dair bilinç düzeyinin yükseldiği gözlemlenmiştir. Çalışmanın sonuçları hizmet öncesi öğretmen yetiştirme programlarının eleştirel düşünmenin İngilizce öğretimine entegre edilmesi konusunda gerçekçi ve etkili bir şekilde düzenlenmesine ışık tutacaktır.
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Abstract (Original Language): 
Critical thinking is an essential concept gaining more and more attention of shareholders particularly in bussiness, and education lately. When the fact that today’s students have to deal with astounding information overload is taken into consideration, cultivation of it is an inevitable goal for professionals in education (Lipman, 2003; Lun et al., 2010; Ketabi, 2013). In order to teach such a skill in the classroom, teachers must first develop an awareness of what critical thinking is and possess the dispositions to an extent so that they can set an example for the learners. Thus, the current study aimed to investigate whether a training on the conception of critical thinking and its integration into language teaching brought about any cognitive change in a group of freshman ELT students. Having been guided with related reading resources, tasks and a specific technique (The PMI) developed by Edward de Bono (1985), participants demonstrated an increased awareness of critical thinking as an educational concept and its use in English teaching. The results of the study are expected to be enlightening for designing realistic and effective pre-service training programs to integrate critical thinking into English language teaching.
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