Helping Eastern students to master Western critical thinking
Journal Article
Chiu, Y. J., & Cowan, J. (2011)
Helping Eastern students to master Western critical thinking. Asia Pacific education review, 6, 103-111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12564-011-9189-2
It is possible that some of the problems that confront Eastern learners when they are asked to engage in critical thinking come from the misleading association of the title...
Choices of approaches in e-moderation: conclusions from a grounded theory study
Journal Article
Vlachopoulos, P., & Cowan, J. (2010)
Choices of approaches in e-moderation: conclusions from a grounded theory study. Active learning in higher education, 11, 213-224. https://doi.org/10.1177/1469787410379684
Much has been published in recent years about the desirable nature of facilitated interactions in on-line discussions with educational purposes. However little has been report...
Developing the ability for making evaluative judgements
Journal Article
Cowan, J. (2010)
Developing the ability for making evaluative judgements. Teaching in Higher Education, 15(3), 323-334. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562510903560036
It is suggested that a more specific emphasis should be placed in undergraduate education on the explicit development of the ability to make evaluative judgements. This higher...