The purposes of this study is to investigate and analyze four approaches to the critical thinking instructions. The result of this study can be summarized as follows. Among four approaches i.e general, mixed, infusion and immersion approaches, infusi...
The purposes of this study is to investigate and analyze four approaches to the critical thinking instructions. The result of this study can be summarized as follows. Among four approaches i.e general, mixed, infusion and immersion approaches, infusion approach is rather pertinent to critical thinking instruction. Because infusion of c.t instruction in subject-matter instruction is deep, thoughtful, well understood subject-matter instruction in which students are encouraged to think critically in the subject, and in which general principles of c.t dispositions and abilities are made explicit, this approach a) do not separate teaching of critical thinking and other educational process or other kinds of teaching, b) can prevent thinking skills from falling into inert knowledge, and c) can rear critical attitudes or dispositions. But this study do not claim all of the teaching methods of thinking skills should be directed by infusion model. After analyzing contexts, the fitter can be selected. What this study wants to show is that generally infusion model can emphasize the necessity of teaching of critical thinking with increasing transferability of thinking skills.