Examination of Studies on Critical Thinking in Teacher Education: a Bibliometric Analysis
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18662/rrem/15.3/767Keywords:
Teacher education programs, pre-service teachers, 21st century learning skillsAbstract
The purpose of this paper is to examine the studies conducted on critical thinking in teacher education using bibliometric analysis method. Education Educational Research category of Web of Science was preferred as the database. 2,717 publications published between 1989 and 2022 were analyzed using citation, bibliographical coupling, and co-occurrence techniques. Obtained results reveal that the earliest works on critical thinking in teacher education were published in 1989. It was determined that critical thinking in teacher education was met with increased interest after 2010, and that 2019 was the year when the published papers reached a record high. An examination of the citation years of the studies showed that 2021 saw the highest number of citations. USA was found as the country with highest number of publications on critical thinking in teacher education. Most researchers publish their works on the field in the form of articles, and English is the most preferred publication language. The author with the highest citation figures in the field is found as Hwang, Gwo-Jen, while the most frequently cited work was written by Fang in 1996. Document with the highest number of links was authored by Gomez-Jarabo and Sosa in 2018. The keywords with the highest popularity in the studies of researchers in recent years, which have the highest total number of links, were identified as teacher education, higher education, education, learning, curriculum, professional development, creativity, technology, and pedagogy. In this context, researchers who will perform studies in the field are especially advised to prefer keywords with high citation rates in literature review stage. Similarly, researchers are recommended to examine the documents with high citation and link scores in the field. Finally, in their efforts to regulate teacher education policies and programs, countries are advised to find examples in national settings with high total link scores as regards critical thinking approach.
References
Alsaleh, N. J. (2020). Teaching critical thinking skills: Literature review. The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 19(1), 21-39. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1239945.pdf
Alvarez-Huerta, P., Muela, A., & Larrea, I. (2022). Disposition toward critical thinking and creative confidence beliefs in higher education students: The mediating role of openness to diversity and challenge. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 43, 101003.
Batur, Z., & Özcan, H.Z. (2020). Eleştirel düşünme üzerine yazılan lisansüstü tezlerinin bibliyometrik analizi [Bibliometric analysis of postgraduate theses on critical thinking]. Uluslararası Türkçe Edebiyat Kültür Eğitim Dergisi [International Journal of Turkish Literature, Culture and Education], 9(2), 834-854. https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/1174262
Birkle, C., Pendlebur, D.A., Schnell, J., & Adams, J. (2020). Web of Science as a data source for research on scientific and scholarly activity. Quantitative Science Studies, 1(1), 363–376. https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00018
Castañeda, K., Sánchez, O., Herrera, R.F., & Mejía, G. (2022). Highway Planning Trends: A Bibliometric Analysis. Sustainability, 14(9), 5544. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14095544
Fang, Z. (1996). A Review of Research on Teacher Beliefs and Practices. Educational Research, 38, 47-65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0013188960380104
Fitriana, L.D., Fuad, Y., & Ekawati, R.(2018). Student’s critical thinking in solving open-ended problems based on their personality type. IOP Conf. Series: Journal of Physics: Conf. Series, 947, 012007. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/947/1/012007
Gomez-Jarabo, I., & Sosa, M.J.C. (2018). Development of global competence among students of education through the practicum subject. Innovacion Educativa, 28, 233-248. DOI: 10.15304/ie.28.5361
Halpern, D. F. (2013). Thought and knowledge: An introduction to critical thinking (5th
ed.). Psychology Press.
Hitchcock, D. (2011). Critical thinking as an educational ideal [Conference Presentation]. Conference Critical thinking and education. Huazhing University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Howard, T.C. (2003). Culturally relevant pedagogy: Ingredients for critical teacher reflection. Theory into Practice, 42(3), 195-202. DOI: 10.1353/tip.2003.0031
Kessler, M. M. (1963). Bibliographic coupling between scientific papers. American Documentation, 14(1), 10-25. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.5090140103
Lorencová, H., Jarošová, E., Avgitidou, S., & Dimitriadou, C. (2019) Critical thinking practices in teacher education programmes: a systematic review. Studies in Higher Education, 44(5), 844-859. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2019.1586331
Lim, L. (2015). Critical thinking, social education and the curriculum: Foregroundinga social and relational epistemology. The Curriculum Journal, 26(1), 423. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09585176.2014.975733
Lombardi, L., Mednick, F. J., De Backer, F., & Lombaerts, K. (2021). Fostering critical thinking across the primary school’s curriculum in the European schools system. Education Sciences, 11, 505. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11090505
Miri, B., David, B.C., & Uri, Z. (2007). Purposely teaching for the promotion of higher-order thinking skills: A case of critical thinking. Research in Science Education, 37(4), 353-369. DOI: 10.1007/s11165-006-9029-2
Nor, H. M., & Sihes, A. J. (2021). Critical thinking skills in education: A systematic literature
review. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(11), 198 – 201. https://doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i11/11529
Nuraini, N. L. S., Cholifah, P. S., Mahanani, P., & Meidina, A. M. (2020). Critical thinking and reflective thinking skills in elementary school learning. Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, 487, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201112.001
Okubo, Y. (1997). Bibliometric indicators and analysis of research systems: Methods and examples. OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers, 1997/01. https://dx.doi.org/10.1787/208277770603
Oner, D., & Gunal-Aggul, Y. (2021). Critical thinking for teachers. In N. Rezaei (Ed.), Thinking: Integrated Education and Learning (Vol V). Springer.
Özelçi, S.Y., & Çalışkan, G. (2019). What is critical thinking? A longitudinal study with
teacher candidates. International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE), 8(3), 495-509. https://doi.org/10.11591/ijere.v8i3.20254
Pithers, R.T., & Soden, R. (2000). Critical thinking in education: a review. Educational Research, 42(3), 237-249. DOI: 10.1080/001318800440579
Sarıkoç, S., & Kıncal, R.Y. (2022). Türkiye’de eleştirel düşünme konusunda yayımlanmış makaleler üzerine sistematik bir inceleme [A systematic review of published articles on critical thinking in Turkey]. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi [Gaziantep University Journal of Educational Sciences], 6(1), 96-110.
Schafersman, S. S. (1991). An introduction to critical thinking. Faculty Center. https://facultycenter.ischool.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Critical-Thinking.pdf
Snyder, L. G., & Snyder, M. J. (2008). Teaching critical thinking and problem solving skills. The Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, L(2), 90-99. https://dme.childrenshospital.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Optional-_Teaching-Critical-Thinking-and-Problem-Solving-Skills.pdf
Susiani, T. S., Salimi, M., & Hidayah, R. (2018). Research based learning (RBL): How to
improve critical thinking skills?. SHS Web of Conferences, 42, 00042. https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20184200042
Van Eck, N.J., & Waltman, L. (2010). Software survey: VOSviewer, a computer program for bibliometric mapping. Scientometrics, 84(2), 523-538.
VOSviewer. (2020). Visualizing scientific landscapes. VOSviewer. https://www.vosviewer.com
Wan, Z. H., Wan, S. L., & Zhan, Y. (2022). For harmony and democracy: Secondary students’ views on the value of developing critical thinking in a Confucian heritage context. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 44, 101031. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2022.101031
Yang, Ya-Ting C., & Wu, Wan-Chi I. (2012b). Digital storytelling for enhancing student academic achievement, critical thinking, and learning motivation: A year-long experimental study. Computers & Education, 59(2), 339-352. DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2011.12.012
Zandvakili, E., Washington, E., Gordon, E.W., Wells, C., & Mangaliso, M. (2019). Teaching patterns of critical thinking: The 3CA Model—Concept maps, critical thinking, collaboration, and assessment. SAGE Open, 9(4), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244019885142
Zulmaulida, R., Wahyudin, & Dahlan, J.A. (2018). Watson-Glaser’s critical thinking skills. Journal of Physics: Conf. Series 1028, 012094. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1028/1/012094
Župič, I., & Čater, T. (2015). Bibliometric methods in management and organization. Organizational Research Methods, 18(3),429-472. https://doi.org/10.1177/1094428114562629
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2023 The Authors & LUMEN Publishing House
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant this journalright of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work, with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g. post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g. in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as an earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
Revista Romaneasca pentru Educatie Multidimensionala Journal has an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs
CC BY-NC-ND
