Transcript Critical Thinking as a Methodology for the Writing of Informative Essays in the Health Sciences Area Silvia Rubín. [email protected] Puebla, Mexico.

Critical Thinking as a Methodology for the Writing
of Informative Essays
in the Health Sciences Area
Silvia Rubín.
[email protected]
Puebla, Mexico. May, 2012.
The academic program of
Language and Critical
Thinking pretends that the
students through the
methodology of its five
dimensions, can analyze,
present, produce and discuss
about expositive and
argumentative texts.
 Reading +
 Writing +
 Oral communication +
 Metacognition
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 =language skills needed in the area of Health Sciences.
 Different levels of thinking (automatic, systemic or
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critical one)
Initial level recognition: writing expository essay
(guided diagnosis)
Analysis of models text of essay genre
Thinking on auditorium (reader)
Pre-writing, writing and post-writing
Rubric for evaluation
Logical
Context
Substantive
Critical
thinking
dimensions
Pragmatic
Dialogical
 a) Logical Dimension of Critical Thinking:
 Concepts: Which are the key concepts that we need to understand the text? Are
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all well defined?
Opinion: Is the opinion of the author clearly formulated? Is well argue?
Arguments: How does the author argues? What kind of arguments presents the
author (facts, data, examples, testimonials, etc.)? Are they enough? Are they
well documented?
Fallacies: Are there fallacies?
Assumptions: Which assumptions handles the author?, What is assumed by
the author but is not argue? Are assumptions of the author questionable and
how far?
Implicaciones: ¿Qué consecuencias se desprenderían si consideráramos en
serio los planteamientos del autor? ¿Qué consecuencias es probable afrontar de
ignorar sus planteamientos?
Implications: What consequences will arise if we consider seriously the author
approaches? What consequences we will face if we ignore the proposals?
 b) Substantive Dimension of Critical Thinking:
 Is the author an expert in the subject, has enough
knowledge to say about the topic?
 c) Dialogical Dimension of Critical Thinking:
 Does the author take other points of view? Is the author
able to front the own arguments convincingly?
 Pragmatic Dimension of Critical Thinking:
 Does the opinion of the author depend on a own
perspective? Is the author committed to any political,
religious, posture, etc.?
 Context Dimension of Critical Thinking:
 Do I agree or disagree with the author? Do I agree or disagree
with the thesis of the author because of my own perspective to
the problem? Which could be the factors (education, family,
personal interests, prejudice) that make me lean towards one
view or another? Am I willing
to change my mind and to
examine the thesis that the
author proposes?
Do I have knowledge that
allows me to comment about
the subject?
Have I consulted other sources
about the subject?
 Topic selection (searching, national or international
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health criteria)
Justifing the selection (answering essential questions
of critical thinking)
Searching and reaching for information (Vancouver
style)
Lecture format
Planning the structure and tematic secuence of the
essay, including informative resources
Planning the argumentative structure (Toulmin
Model)
 Self-evaluation
 Co-evaluation
 Metacogniton
 Review: argument,
vocabulary, references,
style
 Prepare an oral exposition (defense of the text)
 The proposed methodology establishes patterns of
textual production, from introductory representation
to the expositive and argumentative essay text, with
the general characteristics of scientific
communication.
Critical Thinking as a Methodology for the Writing
of Informative Essays
in the Health Sciences Area
Silvia Rubín.
[email protected]
Puebla, Mexico. May, 2012.