Critical Thinking to Decide What to Believe and What to Do Regarding Vaccination in Schools. A Case Study with Primary Pre-service Teachers

Mauriz, Blanca Puig; Ageitos, Noa

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-92006-7_7

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“…In order to train students on how to critically evaluate information and statements shared on social media, we need to involve them in the classroom in the practice of argumentation and critical thinking. In addition, students should be encouraged to support their opinions in a reasoned and reasonable manner (Puig & Ageitos, 2021), especially when they have to assess the validity of information that affects not only them personally, but also the entire society. Since there is almost no filter on information (Sperber et al, 2010), students must be trained to become vigilant and informed 74% 12% 4% 10%…”

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An Evaluation of the Perceptions of Socio-Humanities Students on the Skills of Critical Thinking

Mihail

2023

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One of the fundamental objectives of higher education is to prepare students to think analytically in order to develop and create knowledge, thus going beyond receiving information and building simple knowledge. That is why higher education must adapt its teaching and learning process to cultivate critical thinking of students. In order for academia to ensure the effectiveness of the development of critical thinking skills, student perceptions cannot be neglected, given that they are the ultimate receptors. In addition, investigating students’ perceptions of critical thinking skills could guide future training methods that promote their development. The purpose of this research is to explore students' attitudes and beliefs regarding critical thinking skills, as well as aspects of their development in academia and their transfer to other contexts. The study is conducted at the Dunarea de Jos University of Galaţi and uses the questionnaire survey method to assess students' perceptions of critical thinking, from several perspectives: the level of knowledge on critical thinking skills, strategies for learning critical thinking skills, the qualities of a critical thinker, the way students relate to the COVID 19 pandemic and fake news. To obtain the necessary data, the questionnaire was distributed through Microsoft Forms and subsequently analyzed to describe students' views on critical thinking. A sample of 101 students from specializations in the field of socio-humanities completed this survey. The results of the study showed that students invoke the need to overcome difficulties in developing critical thinking skills by: training teachers to use critical thinking in the classroom; including and practicing critical thinking skills in applied activities at courses and seminars; applying debates and discussions in the classroom as teaching and learning strategies; translating the theories learned in courses into different case studies; use of training skills, questionnaires, homework; participation in group projects in a collaborative environment.

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An Evaluation of the Perceptions of Socio-Humanities Students on the Skills of Critical Thinking

Mihail

2023

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“…In the realm of education, the assessment of learning outcomes holds immense significance as it provides insights into the effectiveness of instructional methods and curriculum design (Coates 2015;). Among the various subjects, the domain of biology education plays a pivotal role in shaping students' scientific understanding and critical thinking skills (Arsad et al 2011;Firdaus and Darmadi 2017;Puig and Ageitos 2022). Biology not only imparts foundational knowledge about living organisms and their interactions but also fosters the development of analytical and problem-solving abilities that are crucial for informed decision-making in an increasingly complex world (Nainggolan et al 2021;Slamet et al 2019).…”

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Strengthening Professional and Spiritual Education through 21st Century Skill Empowerment in a Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Era

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Fauzi,

Wiraatmaja

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One Health education for criticality on vaccination in teacher training

Martínez-Pena,

Puig,

Uskola

2024

Front. Public Health

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IntroductionVaccines are the basis of health of our communities since they prevent severe infectious diseases. However vaccination rates continue to decrease due to the spread of misinformation about their side effects, which enhances vaccine hesitancy and puts at risk public health. Introducing vaccines from the One Health approach can help to develop an integral understanding of their role and to apply critical ignorance as part of criticality to avoid vaccine hesitancy and raise trust in science. This paper presents a design on vaccination for secondary-education teacher training developed toward this goal.MethodsThe design presented in this paper draws from previous studies on critical thinking, on vaccine rejection, and the One Health approach on other health issues in Secondary Education. The focus of this design is engaging secondary-education pre-service teachers in the practice of critical ignorance and criticality to assess diverse pieces of information on vaccination from the One Health approach.ResultsThis study discusses the design principles and the activities of an original design that aims to provide Secondary Education teachers with some tools to introduce critical ignorance and criticality for addressing misinformation on vaccines by using the One Health approach.DiscussionIf secondary science teachers are going to successfully confront misinformation on vaccination in their science instruction, we need to develop and test designs and approaches that prepare them for this purpose. Critical ignorance plays a central role in managing misinformation; thus, such instruction should engage future teachers in critical evaluation of information on vaccination, as well as in the application of the One Health approach to take responsible actions.

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Critical Thinking to Decide What to Believe and What to Do Regarding Vaccination in Schools. A Case Study with Primary Pre-service Teachers

Cited by 3 publications

References 35 publications

An Evaluation of the Perceptions of Socio-Humanities Students on the Skills of Critical Thinking

An Evaluation of the Perceptions of Socio-Humanities Students on the Skills of Critical Thinking

Strengthening Professional and Spiritual Education through 21st Century Skill Empowerment in a Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Era

One Health education for criticality on vaccination in teacher training

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