Interdisciplinary Perceptions: Academic Acculturation and a Pathway to Improved Critical Thinking

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Author(s): Donna M. Velliaris (Eynesbury Institute of Business and Technology, Australia)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 24
Source title: Handbook of Research on Advancing Critical Thinking in Higher Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Sherrie Wisdom (Lindenwood University, USA)and Lynda Leavitt (Lindenwood University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8411-9.ch014

Keywords: Education / Higher Education / Information Science Reference

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This chapter explicates a small-scale action research study that utilised qualitative survey data derived from academic lecturers at the Eynesbury Institute of Business and Technology (EIBT) into their perceptions of ‘critical thinking'. EIBT offers pre-university pathways in the form of diploma programs identical to the first-year of a Bachelor of Business, Information Technology, or Engineering at the partner institution. Interest was in the potential consistencies/inconsistencies in understanding(s) of critical thinking among academics and the ways in which they have/are incorporating related pedagogical activit(ies) into the delivery of pathway courses to an exclusively international and non-native English speaking student population. The findings reveal that EIBT academic staff share similar definitions and insights in relation to critical thinking and are implementing many and varied techniques to enable successful acculturation of EIBT students to Western academic practices prior to them transitioning to either The University of Adelaide or the University of South Australia.

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