Developing Student Criticality in Higher Education Undergraduate Learning in the Arts and Social Sciences

'Ask most academics what the most important skill is that students should develop when in higher education and it is likely that critical thinking will be the one which most put at the top of their list. This intriguing book, based on an ESRC funded study, emphasises the context dependent nature of critical thinking, critical self-reflection and critical action. As well as providing an authoritative overview of the concept, the authors examine how undergraduates in modern languages and social work at one research-intensive university experience criticality and how teachers might facilitate the development of criticality. This book makes an important contribution to the development of curriculum policies, assessment strategies and higher education pedagogies.'
Mick Healey, HE Consultant and Researcher, Emeritus Professor University of Gloucestershire, UK, Honorary Professor University of Queensland, Australia, Visiting Professor Edinburgh Napier University, UK, and Visiting Professor University of Wales Newport, UK