Full Description
This edited volume illustrates the need for imparting thinking skills in education and workplace training to excel in the 21st century. It deals with the diversity of thinking skills in all domains. It is a valuable resource to understand human cognition and its interaction with human emotion for better social cognition in this digitalized era. This book assists in selecting appropriate thinking skills to be applied in the multitasking environment. It also offers essential strategies to be employed by the learners and teachers for improving thinking skills in the teaching-learning context and the workplace. The book also provides solutions for coping with the cognitive strain evident while performing complex tasks. It comprises six sections. Each section addresses different thinking skills related to social cognition, meta-emotion, meta-thinking, digital thinking, workplace thinking, lateral thinking, innovative thinking, positive activating thinking, thinking skills in language production, achievement motivation and pragmatic thinking. Thinking skills and strategies examined in the chapters are participative, diverse and interconnected, fostering individuals to think collectively to get innovative solutions in complex situations. This book is a valuable resource for Educators, Researchers, Skill Trainers, Strategic Trainers, Trainers of Thinking skills in the corporate sector, and individuals who aspire to be effective thinkers in society.
Contents
Integrating thinking skills in the curricular framework of Higher education.- Incorporating Innovative thinking in 21st Century Pedagogical Practices.- Regulating Learner Metacognitive Awareness in Nursing and Engineering Education.- Classroom Talk for Facilitating Learners' Thinking: The Roles of Teacher's Discourse.- Impact of Teachers' Reflective Thinking on Students Learning Outcome.- Integrating Metaemotion and Metathinking in Social Cognition.- Improving Speaking Proficiency of ESL Learners through Emotion Regulation and Positive Thinking Skills.- The Interplay of Positive Activating Thinking and Effective Second Language Learning.- Pragmatic Thinking and Social Cognition in Pedagogical Context.- Reciprocity of Research thinking and Reflective writing.- Impact of Integrative thinking in Positive Language transfer.- Improving ESL Learners' Lateral Thinking Skills through Writing Tasks.- Enhancing Strategic Thinking in Tertiary Learners through Cognitive Academic Language Learning.- Role of Direct and Indirect Thinking Strategies in Developing ESL Learners' Speaking Skill.- Achievement Motivation in Workplace thinking.- The Interface of Cognitive Functions in Workplace Thinking.- Role of Accessible Digital Technologies in Enhancing the Thinking Skills of Vision.- Impaired Learners Enrolled for Higher Education in India.- Digital Thinking Skills to Develop 21st Century Skills of the students in ELT classroom.- Digital Pedagogy and Cognitive Writing in English Language Classroom.- Impact of Visual Thinking skills in Enhancing Literary sensibility of English Literature Students.- Unlocking the Power of Analytical Reasoning: Mastering Critical Thinking Skills for Success.
