Nurturing Critical Minds: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Education and the Workforce
Nurturing Critical Minds: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Education and the Workforce
We are delighted to invite you to our upcoming international conference on “Nurturing Critical Minds: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Education and the Workforce”. The conference is interdisciplinary, it will cover a diverse range of fields and perspectives on the development of critical thinking skills in different academic fields at universities and labour market institutions. Showcasing the holistic approach, the conference aims to explore the vital role of critical thinking in diverse academic disciplines and its significance in the ever-evolving landscape of labour market institutions.
The conference aims to bridge the gap between universities and labour market institutions, fostering a culture of critical thinking that thrives in the classroom and enhances professional growth in the workplace. This conference will serve as a platform for educators, researchers, and labour market professionals from diverse fields to explore innovative strategies, and share best practices and collaborate on integrating critical thinking skills into educational curricula.
Keynote speakers
Alistair Starling
Co-Founder and Managing Director of the European Diplomats
Luís Sebastião
Associate Professor in the Department of Pedagogy and Education, Director of the Center for Research in Education and Psychology, University of Évora
Dimitris Pnevmatikos
Professor in the Department of Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Western Macedonia
Erika Vaiginienė
Associate professor in the Department of Business, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vilnius University
Inga Jončienė
Head of Business Development at Alliance for Recruitment
Adam Mastandrea
Assistant Professor in the Department of Foreign Language Teaching and Research, Institute of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University
Daiva Penkauskienė
Director of Modern Didactics Center, Associate Professor in the Institute of Educational Sciences and Social Work, Mykolas Romeris University
Sandra Kairė
Associate Professor, Director of the Institute of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius University
Kay Hemmerling
Dr Kay Hemmerling, Chairman at the Institute for Moral-Democratic Competence (IMDC e.V.)
Programme
Programme
Vilma Kardauskė, Danutė Belazarienė
Developing Critical Thinking Skills in Writing Summaries in English
Developing Critical Thinking Skills in Writing Summaries in English
Vilma Kardauskė
Vilniaus kolegija
Danutė Belazarienė
Vilniaus kolegija
Critical thinking is essential for contemporary societies in the context of the enormous amount of information and evolving technologies. Students' critical thinking is influenced by numerous factors including digitalization, generation peculiarities, and usage of AI. All this encourages educators to look for new ways and solutions in the development of students' critical thinking skills. Summary writing relates very closely to the ability of the students to use critical thinking. It is necessary that students deeply engage with the text to comprehend, analyze, select and take reasoned judgement to identify the main idea and then support it with relevant arguments. Critical thinking skills will help the students to prioritize correctly discarding irrelevant details while conveying the gist of the article. This study attempts to explore the strategies that would be effective in enhancing students' critical thinking skills to develop recommendations for teaching summary writing in English. The answers to a questionnaire on critical thinking in summary writing might lead to an instruction scheme that would make summary writing easier with critical thinking on the mind. This research could be a meaningful insight for further exploration of effective methods when learning to write summaries in English.
Keywords: summary writing, critical thinking
Danutė Belazarienė is a lecturer of Business English at the Business Management Faculty of Vilniaus kolegija/ Higher Education Institution. She graduated from Vilnius University and qualified as a philologist and teacher of the English language. She taught English in a secondary school, in a statutory institution of Lithuania and a higher education institution. D. Belazarienė actively participates in applied research activities, and acts as a translator of internal normative acts and informative messages for publicizing institutional events, lectures at higher education institutions abroad. Her research area is the development of students' critical thinking skills.
Vilma Kardauskė is a lecturer of Business English and Head of the Advertising and Communication Department at the Business Management Faculty of Vilniaus kolegija/ Higher Education Institution. She possesses master's degrees in English philology and Law and has a demonstrated history of working in education, skilled in international projects, and translation and with a strong interest in the area of communication. V. Kardauskė has also been active on a multinational scale, as a participant and organiser of multiple events in the field of education.
