Fostering Critical Thinking Through Collaborative Group Work Insights from Hong Kong /

• Main Authors: Fung, Dennis Chun-Lok (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Liang, Tim Weijun (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Learning.; Instruction.; Critical Thinking.; International education .; Comparative education.; Teaching.; Schools.; Learning & Instruction.; International and Comparative Education.; Teaching and Teacher Education.; Schools and Schooling.

This book reports on studies contextualised within the curriculum development of General Studies in primary education and Liberal Studies in secondary education in Hong Kong. Both areas call for a learning environment that is conducive to the use of collaborative group work to foster critical thinki...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Has critical thinking been fruitfully married to group work in Hong Kong?
• 2 The research on group work, critical thinking and Confucian heritage culture: What does a thematic review tell us?
• 3 Research design: A mixed methods approach with a three-theme investigation and pedagogical intervention
• 4 How effective is group work in improving students' academic performance?
• 5 How effective is group work in improving the attitudinal aspects of student learning?
• 6 How does Chinese culture exert an influence on group work?
• 7 Summary, Concluding remarks and the way forward.