Promoting Critical Thinking in an Online Certificate Program For Faculty in the Health Professions
| Autor: | Carol C. Thompson, Jill Patterson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Medical education
Teaching method 05 social sciences 050301 education Metacognition Certificate Computer Science Applications Education Adult education Critical thinking 0502 economics and business ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Curriculum development 050211 marketing Computer-mediated communication Psychology 0503 education Curriculum |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Distance Education. 33:71-84 |
| ISSN: | 1538-9286 0892-3647 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/08923647.2019.1555304 |
| Popis: | Organizations governing education in the health professions have recently called for changes in teaching to promote students’ use of critical thinking (CT). Expectations for CT in courses to train educators should be aligned with the expectations of student use of CT. A growing number of certificate and master’s-level programs are being developed to address the needs of educators in the health professions who are unlikely to have experienced training in adult education, curriculum development, and assessment. This study explored the extent to which online course discussion forums in continuing profession education courses on teaching and curriculum design can play a role in the development of participants’ CT skills. It investigated an online pilot program of courses that relied heavily on discussions, with prompts designed to elicit higher-level thinking. The 190 discussion posts made over the four program courses were analyzed for CT. Posts were cross-coded by both authors. Frequency of CT incre... |
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