Overview
- Examines the learning and development process of students' scientific thinking skills
- Introduces a new broad theory of scientific thinking for higher education
- Redefines higher-order thinking abilities as scientific thinking skills
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This book examines the learning and development process of students’ scientific thinking skills. Universities should prepare students to be able to make judgements in their working lives based on scientific evidence. However, an understanding of how these thinking skills can be developed is limited. This book introduces a new broad theory of scientific thinking for higher education; in doing so, redefining higher-order thinking abilities as scientific thinking skills. This includes critical thinking and understanding the basics of science, epistemic maturity, research and evidence-based reasoning skills and contextual understanding. The editors and contributors discuss how this concept can be redefined, as well as the challenges educators and students may face when attempting to teach and learn these skills. This edited collection will be of interest to students and scholars of student scientific skills and higher-order thinking abilities.
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Components of Scientific Thinking in Higher Education
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Challenges for the Development of Scientific Thinking in Higher Education
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Fostering the Development of Scientific Thinking in Higher Education
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Mari Murtonen is Professor of Higher Education Pedagogy at the University of Tampere, Finland, and Research Leader at the University of Turku, Finland. Her areas of expertise include learning and teaching in higher education, and the development of scientific and methodological thinking.
Kieran Balloo is Lecturer in the Department of Higher Education at the University of Surrey, UK. His research interests include regulation of learning, assessment and feedback, and research methods education.
Kieran Balloo is Lecturer in the Department of Higher Education at the University of Surrey, UK. His research interests include regulation of learning, assessment and feedback, and research methods education.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Redefining Scientific Thinking for Higher Education
Book Subtitle: Higher-Order Thinking, Evidence-Based Reasoning and Research Skills
Editors: Mari Murtonen, Kieran Balloo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24215-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24214-5Published: 01 October 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24217-6Published: 01 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-24215-2Published: 21 September 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 261
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations
Topics: Higher Education, Science Education, Learning & Instruction, Critical Thinking