Research

Peer reviewed research in critical thinking and thinking pedagogies

Critical Thinking Theory and Practice

On critical thinking and content knowledge: A critique of the assumptions of cognitive load theory.

Ellerton, P. (2022). On critical thinking and content knowledge: A critique of the assumptions of cognitive load theory. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 43, 100975.

Pragmatic epistemology, inquiry values and education for thinking

Ellerton, Peter (2017). Pragmatic epistemology, inquiry values and education for thinking. The Routledge international handbook of philosophy for children. Edited by Maughn Rollins Gregory, Joanna Haynes and Karin Murris. New York, NY United States: Routledge.111-118. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315726625

Working from theory: Developing the bases of teachers’ critical thinking pedagogies through action research.

Hegazy, H., Ellerton, P., Campos-Remon, H., Zaphir, L., Mazzola, C., & Brown, D. (2023). Working from theory: Developing the bases of teachers’ critical thinking pedagogies through action research. Educational Action Research, 31(1), 78-93.

Creativity and critical thinking

Ellerton, P., & Kelly, R. (2022). Creativity and critical thinking. In Education in the 21st Century: STEM, Creativity and Critical Thinking (pp. 9-27). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

Critical thinking and content knowledge: What cognitive load theory gets wrong.

Ellerton, P. (2022). Critical thinking and content knowledge: What cognitive load theory gets wrong. Scan: The Journal for Educators, 41(3), 4-9.

On Critical Thinking and Collaborative Inquiry

Ellerton, Peter (2017). On Critical Thinking and Collaborative Inquiry. Education: Future Frontiers. Occasional paper series, NSW Department of Education National Initiatives & Performance Directorate. https://criticalthinking.org.au/media/on_critical_thinking_and_collaborative_inquiry_ellerton.pdf

Metacognition and critical thinking: some pedagogical imperatives

Ellerton, Peter (2015). Metacognition and critical thinking: some pedagogical imperatives. Palgrave handbook of critical thinking in higher education. Edited by M. Davies and R. Barnett. US: Palgrave Macmillan.409-426. doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-37805-7_25

The Skills and Values of Inquiry

Ellerton, Peter (2015). The Skills and Values of Inquiry. International Conference of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia, Melboure, VIC, Australia, 5-8 December 2015. Fitzroy, VIC, Australia: Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:725397

Epistemology

Principles of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in STEM education: Using expert wisdom and research to frame educational practice

Smith, Kathy, Nicoleta Maynard, Amanda Berry, Tanya Stephenson, Tabetha Spiteri, Deborah Corrigan, Jennifer Mansfield, Peter Ellerton, and Timothy Smith (2022). Principles of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in STEM education: Using expert wisdom and research to frame educational practice. Education Sciences, 12(10), 728.

The Network and the Demos: Big Data & the Epistemic Justifications of Democracy

Kinkead, Dave & Douglas, David (2020). The Network and the Demos: Big Data & the Epistemic Justifications of Democracy. In K. Macnish & J. Galliott (Eds.), Big Data and Democracy. Edinburgh University Press

What can student results tell us about school performance

Kinkead, Dave (2015). What can student results tell us about school performance. International Conference of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia, Melboure, VIC, Australia, 5-8 December 2015. Fitzroy, VIC, Australia: Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia. https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:380210

Applied Critical Thinking

Cook, J., Ecker, U.K., Trecek-King, M., Schade, G., Jeffers-Tracy, K., Fessmann, J., Kim, S.C., Kinkead, D., Orr, M., Vraga, E. and Roberts, K., (2023). The cranky uncle game—Combining humor and gamification to build student resilience against climate misinformation. Environmental Education Research, 29(4), 607-623.

Reasons: a digital argument mapping library for modern browsers

Kinkead, Dave, Brown, Deborah, Ellerton, Peter and Mazzola, Claudio (2019). Reasons: a digital argument mapping library for modern browsers. Journal of Open Source Software 4 (37) 1044. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.01044

Understanding our Political Nature: How to put knowledge and reason at the heart of political decision-making

Mair, D., Smillie, L., La Placa, G., Schwendinger, F., Raykovska, M., Pasztor, Z. and Van Bavel, R. (2019) Understanding our Political Nature: How to put knowledge and reason at the heart of political decision-making, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, doi:10.2760/374191.

Deconstructing climate misinformation to identify reasoning errors

Cook, John, Ellerton, Peter and Kinkead, Dave (2018). Deconstructing climate misinformation to identify reasoning errors. Environmental Research Letters 13 (2) 024018. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaa49f

How to read an ethics paper

Jansen, Melanie and Ellerton, Peter (2018). How to read an ethics paper. Journal of Medical Ethics 44 (12) 810-813. https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2018-104997