An Integrative Review of the Concealed Connection: Nurse Educators' Critical Thinking

Abstract

Continued examination of nurse educators' critical thinking is needed, given the limited number of studies that have been completed. Much needs to be explored further, including conceptualizations of critical thinking and confirmation of emerging themes identified in this review. [J Nurs Educ. 2017;56(11):648-654.].

Developing Critical Thinking in OT Education: Effectiveness of a Fishbowl Approach

“…It is especially important to note that the case items were at a lower Bloom's category (SA3 and SA4) and other parts were at higher Bloom's categories (SA5 and SA6); students performed similarly in both groups for the lower category items and showed more discrepancy in the higher level item. This finding supports that foundational knowledge influences higher level critical thinking skills (Raymond et al, 2017). In addition, items which included multiple parts where a portion of the points for the item were linked to a direction or question at the knowledge and comprehension level (SA2 and SA9), students in the Faculty-Led Group had a much larger range of points (1.0-3.0 points for SA2 and 1.0-2.0 for SA9), whereas the students in the Peer-Teaching Group had a smaller range (2.0-3.0 for SA2 and 1.5-2.0 for SA9).…”

“…Vygotsky's zone of proximal development supports that when students are able to personally relate to concepts, they are more prepared to recall and rely on this information in new situations (Bishop & Verleger, 2013;Bryan, Kreuter, & Brownson, 2009). Critical thinking, or the ability to transform knowledge into practice, is essential for quality care and a professional responsibility (Raymond, Profetto-McGrath, Myrick, & Strean, 2017). To increase the students' critical thinking, other approaches were considered to force the students in this program into models of learning that emphasize self-direction in the learning process to encourage critical thinking and synthesis of information for solving problems (Bryan et al, 2009;Wells, Warelow, & Jackson, 2009).…”

“…To increase the students' critical thinking, other approaches were considered to force the students in this program into models of learning that emphasize self-direction in the learning process to encourage critical thinking and synthesis of information for solving problems (Bryan et al, 2009;Wells, Warelow, & Jackson, 2009). How critical thinking is developed has not been widely measured; however, it appears the learning context is important in developing critical thinking among students (Raymond et al, 2017). There are several teaching strategies to overcome the challenge of developing critical thinking skills, which may benefit occupational therapy students.…”

Curriculum framework to facilitate critical thinking skills of undergraduate nursing students: A cooperative inquiry approach

“…Guidelines for the use of technology/social media should be available to help learners and facilitators derive maximum benefits from these tools. Also, institutional support is required for the provision of appropriate technology, learning space, appropriate class size and library resources for a meaningful learning experience (Raymond et al, 2017(Raymond et al, , 2018.…”

“…Thus, Facione's (1990) definition accepted for the purposes of this study illustrates skills-plus-propensity perspective of CT: '…purposeful, self-regulatory judgment which results in interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and inference, as well as explanation of the evidential, conceptual, methodological, criteriological, or contextual considerations upon which that judgment is based…' (Facione, 1990, p. 5). Though Facione's definition has been criticized for being longwinded and difficult to implement (Davies & Barnett, 2015), its use for CT assessment in nursing education is evident (Raymond et al, 2017). Dwyer et al's (2014) model incorporate both reflective judgement (skills) and self-regulatory functions of metacognition (disposition) as requirements for CT consistent with Facione's (1990) definition.…”