Critical thinking and disciplinary thinking: A continuing debate

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 261-274

  Moore, Tim John ^a,b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical thinking; Disciplinary discourses; Graduate attributes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956317466     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2010.501328     Document Type: Article

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