Dialectical thinking as the system for improving quality of thought¶

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Description¶

The article defines dialectical thinking as "a way of thinking characterized by a reciprocal interaction of information, precepts, and ideas struggling to be reconciled into clear patterns of thought". The tension between ideas striving to be reconciled is described as "at the core of all sound learning situations". Education's purpose is to let students internalize this intellectual tension and carry on a continuous dialectic within themselves.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Learning situations must be optimized so students can internalize intellectual tension and tolerate persisting ambiguities

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Target Learners¶

• secondary and post-elementary students

Target Learning Objectives¶

• critical thinking
• tolerance of ambiguity
• self-directed inquiry

Claims¶

Related Theories¶

• Dialectical thinking and its support in preschool education (DTS scale)
• The 'Languaging in the Content Areas' (LICA) thesis as a formulating theory of post-elementary reading

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Key Sources¶

• Manzo, Anthony V.; Sherk, John K., Jr. (1977). Reading and "Languaging in the Content Areas" A Third Generational Approach. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED136190