Why has the critical thinking movement not come to Korea?

Asia Pacific Education Review

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 224-232

  McGuire, John Michael ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Critical thinking movement; Critical thinking pedagogy; High low context communication; Individual autonomy; Korean culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949090661     PISSN: 15981037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03029258     Document Type: Article

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