Abstract

MORALES BAUTISTA, María Luisa  and  DIAZ-BARRIGA ARCEO, Frida. Critical thinking through a teaching case: An educational design research. Sinéctica [online]. 2021, n.56, e1215.  Epub July 02, 2021. ISSN 2007-7033.  https://doi.org/10.31391/s2007-7033(2021)0056-016.

An educational design investigation was carried out with a group of 30 first semester students from a public high school, 20 women and 10 men between 15 y 16 years old participated. The objective was to analyze the performance of critical thinking skills: evaluation and taking position on the issue of violence in adolescent partner relationships through a case study in electronic e-case format. For this purpose, this research was designed under a mixed method educational design methodology. The results show that the e-case raised the possibility that the students questioned their ideas regarding a relationship with violence tinges, identifying pros and cons, managing to generate a range of solutions for the dilemma exposed in the case narrative. Thus, promoting the transformation of traditional receptive paradigms generating critical skills in students.

Keywords : critical thinking; educational design research; teaching case; adolescents.

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