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Peim, Nick – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2021
This paper revisits the scope of Catherine Malabou's thinking as a development of the ontological turn in continental philosophy. It puts this excursion of thinking alongside an account of education in modernity as the apotheosis of biopower. It aligns biopower, as manifest in education, as form of 'technological enframing'. In this it challenges…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Educational Philosophy, Educational Theories
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Walker, Rosie – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2017
This article explores the ways in which a university Foundation Degree programme supports undergraduate Early Years students to develop critical thinking, mindfulness and self-actualisation through their lived personal and professional experiences. It considers the impact of this on graduates employed within the Early Years sector. Findings inform…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Critical Thinking, Self Actualization, Metacognition
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Anderson, Jon – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2012
This paper critically evaluates the use of journals as a pedagogic tool to encourage reflection, critique and self-analysis by students. Based within a postgraduate teaching module that has operated annually since 2008 and was awarded the Royal Town Planning Institute's Award for Teaching Excellence in 2009, reflexive journals were employed as a…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Focus Groups, Case Studies, Diaries
Shaw, K. E. – 2000
Changing conditions in the global market have necessitated that students be taught to adopt new knowledge by understanding it in depth and having it spontaneously available for use in the real world. All students, especially those in science and technology, must learn to construct new meanings and understandings independently by restructuring…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers