Dear list members,
This is an interesting topic and one that Intute http://www.intute.ac.uk
is concerned with, especially with regard to Internet information
literacy.
Intute is a free online service providing access to the very best Web
resources for education and research. The service is created by a
network of UK universities and partners. Subject specialists select and
evaluate the websites in our database and write high quality
descriptions of the resources. The database currently contains over
100,000 records.
Regarding the first complaint that "students "google" information and
then trust information from sources that aren't peer-reviewed and lack
scientific validity"
It might be worthwhile introducing your students to the Internet
Detective, which is a FREE online, self-paced tutorial which aims to
encourage individuals to critically evaluate websites for themselves, by
highlighting 'the good, the bad and the ugly' of the Internet.
Please see http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/
Also of interest, is the Internet for Leisure, Sport and Recreation,
from the Virtual Training Suite.
http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/fe/tutorial/sport
The Virtual Training Suite is a range of subject based online tutorials,
again FREE and self-paced, which aim to improve the Internet research
skills of individuals. Please see http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/ for the
full suite of tutorials.
With best wishes,
Theresa Summerfield
Intute Content Coordinator
University of Birmingham
Information services
Main Library, Room 165
Edgbaston
Birmingham, B15 2TT
http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences
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From: List on the social and cultural analysis of sport
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Haynes
Sent: 15 November 2007 17:05
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Subject: Critical thinking in study of sport
For over a year now I've been finding out how sport is studied in higher
education. I've been doing this because I'm commissioning a new series
of
textbooks in the subject. I've visited campuses and met lots of
lecturers.
I'm consistently hearing from them there is a good deal of frustration
over
students' critical thinking skills - or, rather, lack of them!
Common examples of complaints are:
* students "google" information and then trust information from sources
that
aren't peer-reviewed and lack scientific validity
* students relay the findings of a research article without assessing or
even questioning the strength of the research eg the methodology
employed
* relying on single sources - and even plagiarising them.
This is frustrating for the lecturers and limits the grades that the
students themselves can achieve.
Other editors tell me two things: (a) there are similar concerns in
other
disciplines; and (b) books about critical thinking are selling well.
This
suggests to me that there's a need for a book for sport students
specifically on how to think critically.
I'd welcome thoughts from JISC list members on any of the following:
* what are the problems in the area of students' lack of critical
thinking?
* what would you want in a such a book?
* who should write it? (Don't be shy if the answer is you!)
Thank you in advance for any responses - they'll certainly help me in my
work and I hope in due course they result in a book that solves some
problems!
Anthony Haynes
The Professional and Higher Partnership
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