Authors

Caroline Nilson, Murdoch UniversityFollow
Catherine M. Fetherston, Murdoch University, Western AustraliaFollow
Anne McMurray, Griffith University, School of NursingFollow
Tony Fetherston, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow

Creative Arts: An Essential Element in the Teacher’s Toolkit When Developing Critical Thinking in Children

Abstract

This paper is a position paper, which argues the position that critical thinking is a crucial skill, which needs to be developed in the school curriculum and that the creative arts can do this. The paper explores the states of the Arts in the present curriculum and goes on to argue that knowing how to develop critical thinking is an important pedagogical skill that needs to be developed in our pre-service teachers. This position is supported through data gathered from an innovative project that explored teachers’ and mothers’ perceptions of children’s critical thinking.

Recommended Citation

Nilson, C., Fetherston, C. M., McMurray, A., & Fetherston, T. (2013). Creative Arts: An Essential Element in the Teacher’s Toolkit When Developing Critical Thinking in Children. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 38(7). https://doi.org/10.14221/ajte.2013v38n7.4