FOSTERING CRITICAL THINKING IN PAKISTANI SECONDARY SCHOOL SCIENCE A TEACHERS VIEWPOINT

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-II).58      10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-II).58      Published : Jun 2
Authored by : Muhammad Jamil , Aisha Mahmood , Sajid Masood

58 Pages : 645-659

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  • Barak, M., & Shakhman, L. (2008). Changing instructional practice: The impact of technology integration on students, parents, and school personnel. Computers & Education, 51(1), 269–280.
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  • Halai, A. (2013). Quality of private and public schools in Pakistan. The Lahore Journal of Economics, 18(2), 27-42
  • Jamil, M. (2022). An analysis of education policy and science teachers’ practices for developing critical thinking skills in secondary school students. (PhD PhD disserration). University of Management and Technology, Johar Town Campus
  • Jamil, M., & Muhammad, Y. (2019). Teaching Science Students to Think Critically: Understanding Secondary School Teachers’ Practices. Journal of Research and Reflections, 13(2), 256–272. https://www.ue.edu.pk/jrre/articles/Article%209.pdf
  • amil, M., Muhammad, Y., Masood, S., & Habib, Z. (2020). Critical thinking: A qualitative content analysis of education policy and secondary school science curriculum documents. Journal of Research and Reflections in Education, 14(2), 249-258. https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=Zfkyu9sAAAAJ&citation_for_view=Zfkyu9sAAAAJ:qjMakFHDy7sC
  • Jamil, M., Muhammad, Y., & Qureshi, N. (2021b). Secondary school science teachers’ practices for the development of critical thinking skills: An observational study. Journal of Development and Social Sciences, 2(4), 259-265. https://doi.org/10.47205/jdss.2021(2-iv)22
  • Khan, M. S. H., Hasan, M., & Clement, C. K. (2012). Barriers to the introduction of ICT into education in developing countries: The example of Bangladesh. International Journal of Instruction, 10(2), 61-80. https://www.e-iji.net/dosyalar/iji_2012_2_4.pdf
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  • Laursen, S. (2019). Authentic learning: Being true to the nature of science and learning. Science Teacher, 86(7), 26-33.
  • Marshall, C., Rossman, G. B., & Blanco, G. L. (2022). Designing qualitative research. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publishing.
  • Miles, M., Huberman, M., & Saldaña, J. (2020). Qualitative data analysis: A methods sourcebook (4th ed.). New York: Sage Publications
  • Moore, T. J. (2013). Critical thinking and disciplinary thinking: A continuing debate. Higher Education Research Development, 32(3), 389-401. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2010.501328
  • NC. (2006). National curriculum for grades IX- X. Islamabad. Islamabad: Ministry of Education, Government of Pakistan.
  • NEP. (2009). The National Education Policy (NEP). Islamabad: Ministry of Education, Government of Pakistan.
  • Orlich, D., Harder, R., Callahan, R., Trevisan, M., & Brown, A. (2010). Teaching strategies: A guide to effective instruction (9th ed.). Boston: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
  • Patton, M. Q. (2015). Qualitative research & research methods (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, Inc.
  • Pervez, K., Muhammad, Y., & Waqar, Y. (2022). Higher-order thinking: An analysis of the prescribed versus tested Curricula in private secondary schools in Pakistan. Journal of Social Sciences Advancement, 3(3), 165-175. http://dx.doi.org/10.52223/JSSA22-030308-44
  • Quitadamo, I. J., & Kurtz, M. J. (2007). Learning to improve: using writing to increase critical thinking performance in general education biology. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 6(2), 140-154. https://doi.org/10.1187%2Fcbe.06-11-0203
  • Quitadamo, I. J., & Kurtz, M. J. (2007). Learning to improve: using writing to increase critical thinking performance in general education biology. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 6(2), 140-154. https://doi.org/10.1187%2Fcbe.06-11-0203
  • Schunk, D. H. (2012). Learning theories an educational perspective (6th ed.): Pearson.
  • Siddiqui, N. (2017). Quality of Education in Pakistan: Critical Policy Review. International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 6(2), 118-125.
  • Silverman, D. (2018). Doing qualitative research. SAGE Publications Limited.
  • Stapleton, P. (2011). Critical thinking in classroom discussions of science: Teacher practices and student perceptions. Learning Environments Research, 14(2), 161–176
  • usilowati, S., Sajidan, S., & Ramli, M. (2017). The Effectiveness of Inquiry-Based Module to Empower the Students’ Critical Thinking Skills. Paper presented at the 1st Annual International Conference on Mathematics, Science, and Education (ICoMSE 2017).
  • Thanh, P. L., & Thanh, T. T. T. (2015). Constructionism, ethics and research methodology. Global Journal of Advanced Research, 2(7), 1114-1124
  • Thomas, G. (2021). How to do your case study. London: Sage Publications Limited.
  • Tsui, L. (2002). Fostering critical thinking through effective pedagogy: Evidence from four institutional case studies. The Journal of Higher Education, 73(6), 740- 763. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/jhe.2002.0056
  • Ullah, M. Z., Ambreen, M., Ullah, H., & Shaheen, N. (2017). Situational analysis of student centered learning practices at secondary school level in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan [Unpublished manuscript].
  • UNESCO. (2016). Leveraging information technology to support science education for sustainable development. In A decade of progress. France: UNESCO
  • Vygotsky, L. S. (1978). Mind in society: The development of higher psychological processes. Massachusetts: Harvard university press.
  • Wiles, R. (2012). What are qualitative research ethics? London: Bloomsbury Academic
  • Yang, Y.-T. C., & Chou, H.-Y. (2008). Promoting students’ learning and expression of personal perspectives through argumentation. International Journal of Educational Research, 47(5), 270–282.
  • Yin, R. K. (2018). Case study research and applications: Design and methods (6th ed.). New York: Sage Publications
  • Zohar, A., & David, A. B. (2003). Teaching and assessing meta-cognitive knowledge in the context of higher order thinking. Teaching and Learning, 24(1), 59–71.

References

  • Abdi, A. (2014). The effect of inquiry-based learning method on students’ academic achievement in science course. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2(1), 37–41. https://doi.org/10.13189/ujer.2014.020104
  • Abrami, P. C., Bernard, R. M., Borokhovski, E., Wade, A., Surkes, M. A., Tamim, R., & Zhang, D. (2015). The relationship between critical thinking and academic achievement in fourth grade students in Kuwait. Educational Psychology, 35(1), 47-60.
  • Barak, M., & Shakhman, L. (2008). Changing instructional practice: The impact of technology integration on students, parents, and school personnel. Computers & Education, 51(1), 269–280.
  • Brinkmann, S., & Kvale, S. (2015). Interviews: Learning the craft of qualitative research interviewing (3rd ed.). London: Sage.
  • Brinkmann, S., & Kvale, S. (2018). Doing interviews (2nd ed.). London: Sage
  • Burns, D., Howard, J., & Ospina, S. M. (2021). The SAGE handbook of participatory research and inquiry: Sage.
  • Clandinin, D. J. (2022). Engaging in narrative inquiry. UK: Routledge.
  • Cohen, L., Manion, L., & Morrison, K. (2018). Research methods in education (8th ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.
  • Corbett, E. P. J. (2007). The problem of induction: A skeptical pragmatist perspective. Personal Freedom Outreach, 28(1).
  • Cottrell, S. (2017). Critical thinking skills: Effective analysis, argument and reflection (Vol. 100). New York: Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Creswell, J. W., & Creswell, J. D. (2022). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. New York: Sage Publications
  • Creswell, J. W., & Poth, C. N. (2016). Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five approaches. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
  • Creswell, J. W., & Poth, C. N. (2018). Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five approaches (4th ed.): Sage Publications
  • Crotty, M. (1998). The foundations of social research: Meaning and perspective in the research process. New South Wales: Allen & Unwin
  • Flick, U. (2022a). Doing interview research: The essential how to guide. London: Sage.
  • Flick, U. (2022b). The sage handbook of qualitative research design. London: Sag
  • Flick, U. (2022b). The sage handbook of qualitative research design. London: Sage.
  • Friese, S. (2014). Qualitative data analysis with ATLAS. ti: Sage.
  • Geertz, C. (2008). Thick description: Toward an interpretive theory of culture. In The Cultural Geography Reader (pp. 41-51). Oxfordshire: Routledge.f https://philpapers.org/archive/GEETTD.pdf
  • Halai, A. (2013). Quality of private and public schools in Pakistan. The Lahore Journal of Economics, 18(2), 27-42
  • Jamil, M. (2022). An analysis of education policy and science teachers’ practices for developing critical thinking skills in secondary school students. (PhD PhD disserration). University of Management and Technology, Johar Town Campus
  • Jamil, M., & Muhammad, Y. (2019). Teaching Science Students to Think Critically: Understanding Secondary School Teachers’ Practices. Journal of Research and Reflections, 13(2), 256–272. https://www.ue.edu.pk/jrre/articles/Article%209.pdf
  • amil, M., Muhammad, Y., Masood, S., & Habib, Z. (2020). Critical thinking: A qualitative content analysis of education policy and secondary school science curriculum documents. Journal of Research and Reflections in Education, 14(2), 249-258. https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=Zfkyu9sAAAAJ&citation_for_view=Zfkyu9sAAAAJ:qjMakFHDy7sC
  • Jamil, M., Muhammad, Y., & Qureshi, N. (2021b). Secondary school science teachers’ practices for the development of critical thinking skills: An observational study. Journal of Development and Social Sciences, 2(4), 259-265. https://doi.org/10.47205/jdss.2021(2-iv)22
  • Khan, M. S. H., Hasan, M., & Clement, C. K. (2012). Barriers to the introduction of ICT into education in developing countries: The example of Bangladesh. International Journal of Instruction, 10(2), 61-80. https://www.e-iji.net/dosyalar/iji_2012_2_4.pdf
  • Kim, J.-H. (2015). Understanding narrative inquiry: The crafting and analysis of stories as research: Sage publications.
  • Kim, J.-H. (2016). Understanding narrative inquiry: The crafting and analysis of stories as research. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. Laursen, S. (2019). A
  • Laursen, S. (2019). Authentic learning: Being true to the nature of science and learning. Science Teacher, 86(7), 26-33.
  • Marshall, C., Rossman, G. B., & Blanco, G. L. (2022). Designing qualitative research. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publishing.
  • Miles, M., Huberman, M., & Saldaña, J. (2020). Qualitative data analysis: A methods sourcebook (4th ed.). New York: Sage Publications
  • Moore, T. J. (2013). Critical thinking and disciplinary thinking: A continuing debate. Higher Education Research Development, 32(3), 389-401. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2010.501328
  • NC. (2006). National curriculum for grades IX- X. Islamabad. Islamabad: Ministry of Education, Government of Pakistan.
  • NEP. (2009). The National Education Policy (NEP). Islamabad: Ministry of Education, Government of Pakistan.
  • Orlich, D., Harder, R., Callahan, R., Trevisan, M., & Brown, A. (2010). Teaching strategies: A guide to effective instruction (9th ed.). Boston: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
  • Patton, M. Q. (2015). Qualitative research & research methods (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, Inc.
  • Pervez, K., Muhammad, Y., & Waqar, Y. (2022). Higher-order thinking: An analysis of the prescribed versus tested Curricula in private secondary schools in Pakistan. Journal of Social Sciences Advancement, 3(3), 165-175. http://dx.doi.org/10.52223/JSSA22-030308-44
  • Quitadamo, I. J., & Kurtz, M. J. (2007). Learning to improve: using writing to increase critical thinking performance in general education biology. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 6(2), 140-154. https://doi.org/10.1187%2Fcbe.06-11-0203
  • Quitadamo, I. J., & Kurtz, M. J. (2007). Learning to improve: using writing to increase critical thinking performance in general education biology. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 6(2), 140-154. https://doi.org/10.1187%2Fcbe.06-11-0203
  • Schunk, D. H. (2012). Learning theories an educational perspective (6th ed.): Pearson.
  • Siddiqui, N. (2017). Quality of Education in Pakistan: Critical Policy Review. International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 6(2), 118-125.
  • Silverman, D. (2018). Doing qualitative research. SAGE Publications Limited.
  • Stapleton, P. (2011). Critical thinking in classroom discussions of science: Teacher practices and student perceptions. Learning Environments Research, 14(2), 161–176
  • usilowati, S., Sajidan, S., & Ramli, M. (2017). The Effectiveness of Inquiry-Based Module to Empower the Students’ Critical Thinking Skills. Paper presented at the 1st Annual International Conference on Mathematics, Science, and Education (ICoMSE 2017).
  • Thanh, P. L., & Thanh, T. T. T. (2015). Constructionism, ethics and research methodology. Global Journal of Advanced Research, 2(7), 1114-1124
  • Thomas, G. (2021). How to do your case study. London: Sage Publications Limited.
  • Tsui, L. (2002). Fostering critical thinking through effective pedagogy: Evidence from four institutional case studies. The Journal of Higher Education, 73(6), 740- 763. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/jhe.2002.0056
  • Ullah, M. Z., Ambreen, M., Ullah, H., & Shaheen, N. (2017). Situational analysis of student centered learning practices at secondary school level in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan [Unpublished manuscript].
  • UNESCO. (2016). Leveraging information technology to support science education for sustainable development. In A decade of progress. France: UNESCO
  • Vygotsky, L. S. (1978). Mind in society: The development of higher psychological processes. Massachusetts: Harvard university press.
  • Wiles, R. (2012). What are qualitative research ethics? London: Bloomsbury Academic
  • Yang, Y.-T. C., & Chou, H.-Y. (2008). Promoting students’ learning and expression of personal perspectives through argumentation. International Journal of Educational Research, 47(5), 270–282.
  • Yin, R. K. (2018). Case study research and applications: Design and methods (6th ed.). New York: Sage Publications
  • Zohar, A., & David, A. B. (2003). Teaching and assessing meta-cognitive knowledge in the context of higher order thinking. Teaching and Learning, 24(1), 59–71.

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