Students as consumers of critical thinking in the community college classroom

Jane Mc Eldowney Jensen; Benjamin Worth

doi:10.1353/jge.2014.0025

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 language	English
Pages (from-to)	287-308
Number of pages	22
Journal	Journal of General Education
Volume	63
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/jge.2014.0025
State	Published - 2014

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© 2014 The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa.

Keywords

Community college
Critical thinking
English literature
General education

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