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The Value of Critical Thinking in Higher Education and the Labour Market: The Voice of Stakeholders
Type of publication
Straipsnis Web of Science duomenų bazėje / Article in Web of Science database (S1a)
Author(s)
Title
The Value of Critical Thinking in Higher Education and the Labour Market: The Voice of Stakeholders
Publisher (trusted)
MDPI |
Date Issued
2021
Extent
p. 1-19
Is part of
Social sciences. Basel : MDPI, 2021, vol. 10, iss. 8.
Series/Report no.
Transition from Higher Education to Employment
Field of Science
Abstract
Critical thinking has been more than just a part of academic rhetoric and educational practice for some time now. In the rapidly changing world of information flow, critical thinking is often identified as the goal of higher education, and in the modern labour market, the importance of critical thinking to an organisation’s success is emphasised. Critical thinking is recognised as one of the tools for the formation and development of human and social capital. Nevertheless, there is a lack of evidence about the manifestation in the labour market of the critical thinking developed at institutions of higher education. This article seeks to reveal the attitude toward the importance of critical thinking in the modern labour market and toward the responsibility for developing it from the perspective of different stakeholder groups (lecturers, students, employers and employees) (the case of Lithuania). Quantitative research methodology was chosen, using a questionnaire for data collection. It was found that in both higher education and the labour market, critical thinking is treated as a developed and dynamic competence that encompasses both cognitive skills and dispositions. All of the stakeholder groups consider inference and argumentation to be the most important critical thinking skills in the modern labour market. Critical thinking dispositions such as self-confidence and fairness are the most valued. All of the stakeholder groups delegate responsibility for the development of critical thinking to the individual. In evaluating critical thinking, no divide was established between the higher education and labour market segments. The most differences in attitudes emerged in evaluating the assumption of responsibility for the development of critical thinking.
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Type of document
type::text::journal::journal article::research article
ISSN (of the container)
2076-0760
2076-0760
WOS
000691259700001
eLABa
101936139
Coverage Spatial
Šveicarija / Switzerland (CH)
Language
Anglų / English (en)
Bibliographic Details
101
Project(s)
Kritinis mąstymas aukštajame moksle: studijų ir darbo rinkos perspektyva |
Funding(s)
LMT |
Creative Commons License
Access Rights
Atviroji prieiga / Open Access
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Journal | Cite Score | SNIP | SJR | Year | Quartile |
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Social Sciences | 3.4 | 1.169 | 0.438 | 2021 | Q1 |