Skills and dispositions of critical thinking: are they sufficient?

• Autores: Ana María Nieto Carracedo, Carlos Saiz Sánchez
• Localización: Anales de psicología, ISSN-e 1695-2294, ISSN 0212-9728, Vol. 27, Nº. 1, 2011, págs. 202-209
• Idioma: inglés
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Habilidades y disposiciones de pensamiento crítico: ¿son suficientes?.
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  • español

    Tradicionalmente se ha considerado que el pensamiento crítico requiere de un conjunto de habilidades cognitivas y disposiciones. El pre-sente trabajo apoya la opinión de algunos teóricos que han propuesto que éstos podrían no ser los únicos ingredientes necesarios para mejorar el pensamiento crítico. Más específicamente, nuevos factores podrían ser necesarios para llegar a pensar críticamente, tales como: lograr una com-prensión epistemológica del pensamiento crítico, haber alcanzado un determinado nivel de desarrollo epistemológico, o las creencias que se mantienen sobre el pensamiento. Estos nuevos componentes son analiza-dos conceptual e instruccionalmente, así como la conveniencia de hacer un tratamiento más profundo de las disposiciones.

  • English

    Traditionally, it has been held that critical thinking requires a set of cognitive skills and dispositions. The present work supports the opi-nion of some theorists who have proposed that these might not be the only two ingredients necessary for improving critical thinking. More spe-cifically, new factors could be necessary if critical thinking is to be achieved, such as gaining an epistemological understanding of critical thinking; reaching a given level of epistemological development, or the beliefs that are held about thinking. These new components are analysed conceptually and instructionally. Special attention is also devoted to dispo-sitions.

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