RT Journal Article
T1 A Mixed Study of Beliefs about Critical Thinking in a Sample of Trainee Teachers in Argentina and Spain
A1 García Moro, Francisco José
A1 Gadea, Walter Federico
A1 Nicoletti, Javier Augusto
A1 Gómez Baya, Diego
AB Critical thinking is a competence that is recommended to be learned with increasingemphasis from different national and international organizations in the fields of education andemployability. The aim of this study was to analyze and describe the beliefs that Argentine andSpanish teachers who have received training in socioeducational intervention have about criticalcompetence. A mixed-methods research study was developed by administering questionnairesand conducting focus group sessions in a sample of 153 trainee secondary school teachers holdingdifferent degrees. The results indicated that the sample subjects unanimously considered criticalthinking to be essential for their professional development, but few teachers considered these skillsto have been sufficiently developed. There were no significant differences between nationalities orbetween genders except for some variables linked to the role of universities. As a practical implication of these results, the importance of developing specific teaching–learning programs about critical competence in universities must be emphasized, especially in the degree programs whose ultimate aim is to educate individuals and groups.
PB MDPI
SN 2227-7102 (electrónico)
YR 2024
FD 2024-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/23345
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/23345
LA eng
NO García-Moro, F. J., Gadea-Aiello, W. F., Nicoletti, J. A., & Gomez-Baya, D. (2024). A Mixed Study of Beliefs about Critical Thinking in a Sample of Trainee Teachers in Argentina and Spain. In Education Sciences (Vol. 14, Issue 2, p. 142). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14020142
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 1 jun 2026