Critical thinking and the humanities : A case study of conceptualizations and teaching practices at the Section for Cinema Studies at Stockholm University
Frykholm, Joel LU
(2020)
In Arts and Humanities in Higher Education
- Abstract
- The raison d’être of the humanities is widely held to reside in its unique ability to generate critical thinking and critical thinkers. But what is “critical thinking?” Is it a generalized mode of reasoning or a form of political critique? How does it relate to discipline-specific practices of scholarly pursuit? How does it relate to discourses of “post-truth” and “alternative facts”? How is it best taught? This essay explores these issues via a case study of conceptualizations of critical thinking among cinema scholars at Stockholm University, whose views are interpreted against the backdrop of (a) debates about the value of the humanities; (b) higher education scholarship on critical thinking; and (c) the legacy of certain disciplinary... (More)
- The raison d’être of the humanities is widely held to reside in its unique ability to generate critical thinking and critical thinkers. But what is “critical thinking?” Is it a generalized mode of reasoning or a form of political critique? How does it relate to discipline-specific practices of scholarly pursuit? How does it relate to discourses of “post-truth” and “alternative facts”? How is it best taught? This essay explores these issues via a case study of conceptualizations of critical thinking among cinema scholars at Stockholm University, whose views are interpreted against the backdrop of (a) debates about the value of the humanities; (b) higher education scholarship on critical thinking; and (c) the legacy of certain disciplinary traditions within cinema studies, especially the paradigms of “post-theory” and “political modernism.” The interviews attest to the persistence of critical thinking as a fundamental, yet highly elusive, concept to higher education in the arts and humanities. (Less)
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- Frykholm, Joel
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- 2020-08-13
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- Contribution to journal
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- keywords
- Critical thinking, cinema studies, film studies, value of the humanities, disciplinary discourses, teacher interviews
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- Arts and Humanities in Higher Education
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- SAGE Publications
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- scopus:85089372424
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- 1741-265X
- DOI
- 10.1177/1474022220948798
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- English
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