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Investigating the Effect of the Centralized Planning System on Developing the Critical Thinking in Junior School Students
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Abstract The aim of the present research is to investigate the effect of the centralized planning system on developing the critical thinking among junior school students. This research is an applied one. The statistical population of this research includes third grade junior school students of the Kurdistan ... view more
The aim of the present research is to investigate the effect of the centralized planning system on developing the critical thinking among junior school students. This research is an applied one. The statistical population of this research includes third grade junior school students of the Kurdistan province (9372 girls and 11521 boys). The selected sample in this research, in accordance with the nature of the research population and its characteristics that was selected through the multi stage cluster and classified sampling includes 220 junior school students. The Watson and Glaser critical thinking questionnaire was used for measuring the critical thinking and for analyzing the data; the Z test and Levine test were used. Results indicated that the centralized planning system will decrease critical thinking among junior school students. The centralized planning system will reduce the inference ability, deduction ability, interpretation ability, and the evaluative ability of logical arguments while it increases the ability to identify assumptions among junior school students.... view less
Keywords
Iran; educational policy; educational planning; curriculum; centralization
Classification
Macroanalysis of the Education System, Economics of Education, Educational Policy
Free Keywords
Centralized System; Critical Thinking; Decentralized System
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 22-30
Journal
International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences (2013) 9
ISSN
2300-2697
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed