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Gender Differences and Critical Thinking: A Study on the Written Compositions of Primary Education Students

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  • Domingo Albarracín-Vivo

    (Department of Didactics of Language and Literature, Faculty of Education, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain)

  • Eduardo Encabo-Fernández

    (Department of Didactics of Language and Literature, Faculty of Education, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain)

  • Isabel Jerez-Martínez

    (Department of Didactics of Language and Literature, Faculty of Education, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain)

  • Lourdes Hernández-Delgado

    (Department of Didactics of Language and Literature, Faculty of Education, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain)

Abstract

The development of critical thinking is essential to the treatment of gender perspective in Primary Education. For this reason, this study focused on determining the critical ability of primary students depending on gender, analysing the possible connections between the participants’ breadth of thought and spelling competence. The methodology was based on a humanistic–interpretative ad hoc approach to categorical organisation. A total of 636 Primary Education students from the Region of Murcia (Spain) participated in a field activity in which they created a written composition based on a pretext that contained an image showing a controversial gender situation; this illustration incited a critical response in the creation of each story. The compositions were analysed individually and qualitatively using the Atlas.Ti software (v.8.4). The most relevant results appear to prove the higher critical ability of the girls who participated in this study, and additionally show connections with the spelling competence of these students. However, the critical thinking and spelling values shown were still far from what would be expected of a developed society.

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  • Domingo Albarracín-Vivo & Eduardo Encabo-Fernández & Isabel Jerez-Martínez & Lourdes Hernández-Delgado, 2024. "Gender Differences and Critical Thinking: A Study on the Written Compositions of Primary Education Students," Societies, MDPI, vol. 14(7), pages 1-12, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsoctx:v:14:y:2024:i:7:p:118-:d:1435243
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