Teaching criticality
In his frequently cited work Barnett argues that we have to displace the idea of critical thinking with the much broader idea of critical being. Barnett, R. (1997) Higher Education: A Critical Business. Open University Press. (Book review by John Hilsdon).
Barnett R. (2015) 'A Curriculum for Critical Being'. In: Davies M., Barnett R. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Thinking in Higher Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York.
'Critique' by Ansgar Allen
On the instrumentalisation and racism of critical thinking in UK/Western Higher Education
Resources:
Resources for teaching 'critical thinking' skills
HEA resources on critical and analytical thinking
John Hilsdon for HEA - 'Critical Thinking: What is the question'? A presentation and associated handouts on critical thinking that form part of HEA STEM's New to Teaching resources.
Bibliography:
Barnett, R. (1997) 'Higher education: a critical business'. Open University Press.
Brookfield, S. (2011) Teaching for Critical Thinking: Tools and Techniques to Help Students Question Their Assumptions. Wiley.
Davies, M., and Barnett, R. (eds.) (2015) The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Thinking in Higher Education. Palgrave Macmillan
Szenes, E., Tilakarantna, N., and Maton, K. (2015) 'The Knowledge Practices of Critical Thinking', in Davies, M., and Barnett, R (eds.)The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Thinking in Higher Education. Palgrave pp. 573-590 .
Terada, Y. (2019) 'How much background knowledge is needed to undestand a text?' Edutopia. Available at: https://www.edutopia.org/article/research-zeroes-barrier-reading-plus-tips-teachers
Wallace, M. & Wray, A. (2011) Critical reading and writing for postgraduates. Sage.
Webster, E. (2015) 'Critical thinking and EAP writing: A meta-synthesis of research on teaching approaches to critical thinking in the EAP writing class'. Master's dissertation. Available at: https://www.baleap.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Eilidh-Webster.pdf (really useful bibliography on criticality)
Willingham, D. T. (2007) 'Critical Thinking: why is it so hard to teach?' American Educator. Available at: https://eduq.info/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11515/19710/Crit_Thinking.pdf?sequence=1