Judgment and critical faculties are central concerns in many Western educational programs. However, promoting critical thinking requires specifically developed and didactically coherent concepts. This book therefore attempts to provide a philosophically and empirically sound as well as applicationoriented introduction to the concept and didactics of critical thinking. The realm of higher education is marked by a distinct emphasis on critically questioning established knowledge and practices, leading to the generation of new insights. In light of this crucial task, this book presents a comprehensive exploration of the theoretical foundations of critical thinking, coupled with practical strategies for its effective promotion. Designed to be accessible across various subjects, the introductory volume offers a low-threshold framework that can be adapted across subjects.

Dr. Dirk Jahn, research associate at the Center for Continuing Education in Higher Education (FBZHL) at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg. His scientific focus includes the promotion of critical thinking, design-based research, action theory, and the didactic use of films.

Dr. Michael Cursio Continuing Education Center for University Teaching at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg. His main research interests encompass the didactics of science, competence-oriented teaching, and the didactics of the philosophy of science

This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.

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Dr. Dirk Jahn, research associate at the Center for Continuing Education in Higher Education (FBZHL) at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Scientific focus: the promotion of critical thinking, design-based research, action theory, the didactic use of films.

Dr. Michael Cursio Continuing Education Center for University Teaching at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Main research interests: Didactics of science, competence-oriented teaching, didactics of the philosophy of science.