Strategies to cultivate critical thinking in medical postgraduates via oral English teaching
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-1485.2013.10.002
- VernacularTitle:英语教学与医学研究生思辨能力的培养
- Author:
Lingyu JIA
;
Guoying ZHANG
;
Ping LI
;
Yan ZHANG
;
Wei FANG
;
Jiyue HU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Critical thinking;
Constructivism;
Oral English teaching;
Medical post-graduates
- From:
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research
2013;(10):977-980
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Oral English teaching for Chinese postgraduates has always been focused on the drill of language skills,thus little attention was paid to the cultivation of students' thinking ability. This pa-per explored into the definition and theoretical basis of critical thinking and gave a case analysis of how to integrate the cultivation of critical thinking skills into the oral English classrooms in an effec-tive way. The questionnaire and interview among students showed that questioning,controversial dia-logue,debate and survey can help students to form the habit of critical thinking in an effective way and are also proved to be popular among medical postgraduates.
