The Critical Thinking Skills of Prospective Teachers: Investigating their Systematicity, Self-confidence and Scepticism

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dc.contributor.authorKavenuke, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorKinyota, Mjege
dc.contributor.authorKayombo, Joel
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-28T13:17:57Z
dc.date.available2021-04-28T13:17:57Z
dc.date.issued2020-05-03
dc.description.abstractRecently, researchers have shown an increased interest in studying about Critical Thinking Skills (CTSs). Indeed, the theme has become one of the most significant current discussions amongst many other international agendas. Given the perceived importance of CTSs in this 21st century, we investigated the CTSs of prospective teachers. The aim was to investigate the extent to which prospective teachers possess CTSs. Moreover, the study examined factors influencing CTSs of prospective teachers. The study sample (n = 965) was comprised of first, second and final-year students from one of the teacher education universities in Tanzania. The CTSs were measured using three dimensions—systematicity, self-confidence and scepticism. Overall, the results in dicated that prospective teachers had higher mean scores in systematicity and scepticism, but significantly lower mean scores in self-confidence. Also, factors such as parents’ education, parents’ occupation and year of study were significantly related to at least one dimension of CTSs. For instance, father’s education positively and significantly predicted prospective teachers’ scores on scepticism. These results have far-reaching implications for policy and future research.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKavenuke, P.S., Kinyota, M., & Kayombo, J.J. (2020). The Critical Thinking Skills of Prospective Teachers: Investigating their Systematicity, Self-confidence and Scepticism. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 37, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2020.100677.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2020.100677.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/5689
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.subjectCritical thinking skills Prospective teachers Self-confidence Scepticism Systematicityen_US
dc.titleThe Critical Thinking Skills of Prospective Teachers: Investigating their Systematicity, Self-confidence and Scepticismen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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