Critical Thinking in Education and Research – Why and how?

A recently published Guest Editorial in Angewandte Chemie by N. Sieroka, V. Otto, and G. Folkers describes why it is important to live critical thinking on a daily basis.

19.10.2018 by Oliver Renn

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Norman Sieroka, Vivianne I. Otto, and Gerd Folkers

Critical thinking is a buzzword and one can argue that Critical Thinking in science is a mere tautology. Why Critical Thinking is important in education and research is discussed in a recently published Guest Editorial in the journal Angewandte Chemie. Dr. Norman Sieroka, Dr. Vivianne I. Otto (D-CHAB) and Prof. Gerd Folkers, an Emeritus from D-CHAB, also describe what Critical Thinking in sciences is, and how it can be applied. At ETH Zurich, they have introduced a new block course «Scientific Concepts and Methods» in in Spring 2018, and received enthusiastic feedback from students. The Master students said that they felt they had never done such thorough thinking about what they were actually working on and gained a much more differentiated view of their own research work.

Editorial Angewandte Chemie International Edition
DOI: external page10.1002/anie.201810397
Editorial Angewandte Chemie German Edition
DOI: external page10.1002/ange.201810397
Course 511-0010-00L Scientific Concepts and Methods
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