Epistemic Cognition: Why It Matters for an Educated Citizenry and What Instructors Can Do

Epistemic Cognition: Why It Matters for an Educated Citizenry and What Instructors Can Do

In academic learning, searching for information, and encounters with competing truth claims, individuals engage their epistemic cognition. This chapter provides an introduction to this psychological construct and discusses research about how instructional practice can promote epistemological underst...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:New directions for teaching and learning 2020-12, Vol.2020 (164), p.85-94
1. Verfasser: Hofer, Barbara K.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Citizenship Education
Cognitive Processes
Epistemology
Evaluative Thinking
Information Seeking
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:In academic learning, searching for information, and encounters with competing truth claims, individuals engage their epistemic cognition. This chapter provides an introduction to this psychological construct and discusses research about how instructional practice can promote epistemological understanding for the development of an educated citizenry.
ISSN:0271-0633
1536-0768
DOI:10.1002/tl.20427