Students as consumers of critical thinking in the community college classroom

Jane Mc Eldowney Jensen, Benjamin Worth

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Abstract

This ethnographic study examines the negotiation of the value of critical thinking by a group of community college students and their instructor in a required general education literature course. Using a sociological analysis, the authors explore how the students situated themselves as both learners and consumers in the classroom, a social field that contrasts marketplace realities and academic expectations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)287-308
Number of pages22
JournalJournal of General Education
Volume63
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014

Keywords

  • Community college
  • Critical thinking
  • English literature
  • General education

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Education

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