Students and Teachers’ Attitudes towards the Use of Project-Based Learning as a Teaching Practice to Enhance Students’ Critical Thinking Skills
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attitudes, critical thinking, project-based learningAbstract
Twenty first century learners are supposed to develop different skills including critical thinking. Many attempts have been made to ensure its effective integration in the teaching and learning process relying on different approaches, methods and teaching practices. In this regard, project-based learning has been suggested as an effective tool to enhance learners’ abilities to think critically. The current study, then, aims at analysing and examining students and teachers’ attitudes vis-à-vis the use of project-based learning to boost learners’ critical thinking skills relying on two different questionnaires addressed to teachers and learners. Based on convenience sampling, 17 university teachers and 168 students responded to the questionnaires. The results confirm that the respondents hold positive attitudes towards the utility and usefulness of project-based learning in fostering learners’ critical thinking skills. Based on the findings of the current study, different recommendations and implications have been suggested for researchers and practitioners.
Key words: attitudes, critical thinking, project-based learning
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