Liberal Studies in Hong Kong: A new perspective on critical thinking through group work

Thinking Skills and Creativity

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 101-111

  Fung, Dennis ^a   Howe, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical thinking; Group work; Kuhn's (1991) model; Liberal studies; Teacher participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861348194     PISSN: 18711871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsc.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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