Critical Thinking for Professional and Language Education: A Machine-generated Literature Overview

This book is the result of a collaboration between a human editor and an artificial intelligence algorithm to create a machine-generated literature overview of research articles analyzing importance of critical thinking in Educational Settings. It’s a new publication format in which state-of-the-art computer algorithms are applied to select the most relevant articles published in Springer Nature journals and create machine-generated literature reviews by arranging the selected articles in a topical order and creating short summaries of these articles.

This book is a comprehensive guide to critical thinking research in education. It explores different definitions of critical thinking and its importance in specialized fields like business, engineering, and science. Presenting research on assessment, this resource delves into the integration of ICT tools for teaching critical thinking.

With practical tools, strategies and tasks to develop critical thinking skills, thisbook is intended for researchers, educators, and those seeking to improve their critical thinking abilities.

Dr. K. Venkat Reddy is a professor with almost three decades of experience in teaching English (ELT). His research focuses on critical discourse analysis and critical pedagogy.

Dr. G. Suvarna Lakshmi is a Professor in the Department of ELT with over two decades of teaching experience. Her specialty is critical thinking in language pedagogy.