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- Title
Social Context as a Significant Factor in Developing Critical Thinking among Elementary Students.
- Authors
Rashid, Sumaira; Qaisar, Shahzada; Dogar, Aashiq Hussain
- Abstract
The present study is a part of a larger study which focused on the investigating the influence of social context in developing critical thinking skills among elementary students. The analysis of class room discourse is taken from two videotaped class room sessions of one public school over one whole teaching term in an academic year. This article presents that how social context influenced the level of critical thinking and strengthened the collaboration, sharing and confidence among elementary English language students. Two teaching strategies questioning, and role play were used in sampled class rooms. The findings of the study presented the effectiveness of questioning and role play as productive teaching strategies that may be practiced by the elementary teachers to have greater participation in class and increase of the level of students' critical thinking. Based on the findings of the study, we suggest social context is more productive in promoting of critical thinking where teacher shifts his/ her focus from only memory evaluation of the students to the paradigm where students enjoy liberty and freedom to explore, share and analyse the information by using their own thinking and through sharing with their peers.
- Subjects
SOCIAL context; CRITICAL thinking
- Publication
Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences (PJSS), 2019, Vol 39, Issue 4, p1265
- ISSN
2074-2061
- Publication type
Article