Critical Thinking: a systematic review of papers published in the ENPEC proceedings (2015–2023)
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https://doi.org/10.36661/2595-4520.2026v9n3.15662Keywords:
Science Education, Critical Thinking, Literature ReviewAbstract
This research seeks to understand the context in which discussions on Critical Thinking (CT) emerge in the papers published in the Proceedings of the National Meeting on Research in Science Education (ENPEC) from 2015 to 2023. The study is grounded in theoretical contributions from the field of Critical Thinking in the educational context. The analysis of the selected papers was carried out in two stages: the first, exploratory in nature, in which only the titles and keywords were analyzed. In the second stage, which consisted of a qualitative analysis, the papers were examined based on the assumptions of Content Analysis. This analysis considered two aspects: the educational levels investigated and the theoretical frameworks on Critical Thinking adopted in the analyzed articles. Overall, the results indicated that Secondary and Higher Education are more frequently investigated, to the detriment of Primary Education, and that foreign authors are more frequently cited within this theoretical framework.
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