The Rationale Blog

Anybody that is looking for information to make the case for critical thinking in a curriculum within higher education should read this article of Martin Davies in the Conversation of November 22.

The article contains a lot of useful information and links.E.g.: ' A 2015 report by the Foundation for Young Australians claims demand for critical thinking skills in new graduates has risen 158% in three years. This data was drawn from an analysis of 4.2 million online job postings from 6,000 different sources in the period 2012-2015.'

A graph from The New Basic reports by the Foundation for Young Australians

Martin Davies has written some other interesting articles on critical thinking and critical thinking & argument mapping:

• Davies, W.M., In Defence of Generalisation: Moore on the Critcal Thinking Debate. (2004).
• Davies, W.M., ‘Not quite right’ : helping students to make better arguments. Teaching in Higher Education. Vol.13, No. 3, June 2008, 327-340.
• Davies, W.M., Concept Mapping, Mind Mapping and Argument Mapping: What are the differences and do they matter? 2007.