Critical Thinking in Business Research Methods

What are the components of critical thinking?

What in the following can be an example of the disposition of looking at both sides of an argument?

(1) Despite such avowed attention to CT in Vietnam’s education, CT is normally taught as an elective (see The University of Language and International Studies, 2017), rather than a core subject (with very few exceptions, e.g., see The University of Da Nang, 2017) in HE. (2) In the syllabus of the compulsory ITE units, CT has not explicitly occupied a fundamental or central place (but see e.g., The University of Da Nang, 2017). (3) Previous research in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in tertiary education has not yet shed much light on how teachers and students understand or perceive CT. (4) The focus of the existing literature tends to be on the understandings held either by teachers (Zhang et al., 2020) or students (Febria, 2021). (5) Substantial gaps exist around how both teachers and students in the same research context understand CT, with the exception of few studies (see e.g., Nguyen, 2016; Vo & Moore, 2019).

• (1), (2) and (5)

• (3) and (4)

What is person knowledge?

• Information about a task and its goals

• Strategies used to achieve the goals

• Knowledge and beliefs about oneself and others

As a subskill of analysing, contrasting means ...

• Stressing the similarities and differences between two or more things.

• Stressing the differences between two or more things.

Comparing involves ...

• Identifying and explaining similarities and differences.

• Identifying and explaining similarities.

Evaluating the literature refers to ...

• Critically discussing the strengths and weaknesses of previous studies

• Describing the current state of knowledge on the topic

• Clearly indicating a research gap for future enquiry

What should you do when planning a literature search?