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Experimental Programs of Critical Thinking Enhancement. Worked-Based, Blended Learning Higher Education Curriculum for Economics

Daniela Dumitru
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Mihaela Minciu
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Robert Alexandru Mihaila
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Raluca Livinti
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Monica Elisabeta Paduraru
Version 1 : Received: 27 September 2023 / Approved: 29 September 2023 / Online: 30 September 2023 (08:49:09 CEST)

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Dumitru, D.; Minciu, M.; Mihaila, R.A.; Livinti, R.; Paduraru, M.E. Experimental Programs of Critical Thinking Enhancement: A Worked-Based, Blended Learning Higher Education Curriculum for Economics. Educ. Sci. 2023, 13, 1031. Dumitru, D.; Minciu, M.; Mihaila, R.A.; Livinti, R.; Paduraru, M.E. Experimental Programs of Critical Thinking Enhancement: A Worked-Based, Blended Learning Higher Education Curriculum for Economics. Educ. Sci. 2023, 13, 1031.

Abstract

In an increasingly changing world, critical thinking is one of the key skills that ensure organisations' competitive advantage. Thus, in higher education institutions there is an accelerating emphasis on developing critical thinking (CT) among students. This paper presents the results of three experimental courses (Pedagogy and didactics of financial accounting, Virtual Learning Environments in Economics, Business Communication), using a blended learning method, aimed at improving students' CT skills. The three courses were delivered by both higher education teachers and trainers from the labour market. After analysing the data from the three experimental courses, it will be possible to assess whether the intervention of labour market trainers contributed to the improvement of students' critical thinking skills, and, in particularly at the level of which components improvements have been identified.

Keywords

critical thinking; higher education; labour market

Subject

Social Sciences, Education

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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