How can I encourage my pupils to think critically through collaborative online-learning?
O'Mahony, Donal
(2009)
How can I encourage my pupils to think critically through collaborative online-learning?
Educational Journal of Living Theories, 2
(1).
pp. 121-139.
ISSN 2009-1788
In this paper I show how I study my teaching, as a student on a Masters degree (M.Sc.) programme in Education and Training Management (e-learning strand) at Dublin City University. As I explain my teaching as a History teacher, I show how I locate myself within Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and within education in Ireland. The source-literature examines critical thinking, social software and collaborative online-learning environments. These help me to understand the processes in my research question. I seek to explore my embodied educational values, and use them as a standard of judgement for my research. I work in a collaborative-dialogic way with all the research participants, establishing an online-classroom in order to help them to think critically. I come to several conclusions about collaborative online-learning, critical thinking and my own educational values. I believe I create a space for students to think critically through my enthusiasm and the students’ ease in an online-environment. I show that positive educational change is possible when using a collaborative dialogic approach to teaching and learning.
Item Type:
Article (Published)
Refereed:
Yes
Additional Information:
http://www.ejolts.net
Uncontrolled Keywords:
eLearning; Critical Thinking; Action Research; Living Theory; Teaching History