Springer Thinking Skills in Higher Education: Pedagogical Practices and Strategies

This edited volume illustrates the need for imparting thinking skills in education and workplace training to excel in the 21st century. It deals with the diversity of thinking skills in all domains. It is a valuable resource to understand human cognition and its interaction with human emotion for better social cognition in this digitalized era. This book assists in selecting appropriate thinking skills to be applied in the multitasking environment. It also offers essential strategies to be employed by the learners and teachers for improving thinking skills in the teaching-learning context and the workplace. The book also provides solutions for coping with the cognitive strain evident while performing complex tasks. It comprises six sections. Each section addresses different thinking skills related to social cognition, meta-emotion, meta-thinking, digital thinking, workplace thinking, lateral thinking, innovative thinking, positive activating thinking, thinking skills in language production, achievement motivation and pragmatic thinking. Thinking skills and strategies examined in the chapters are participative, diverse and interconnected, fostering individuals to think collectively to get innovative solutions in complex situations. This book is a valuable resource for Educators, Researchers, Skill Trainers, Strategic Trainers, Trainers of Thinking skills in the corporate sector, and individuals who aspire to be effective thinkers in society.