Dwyer Christopher P, Campbell Deaglán, Seery Niall
Technology Education Research Group (TERG), Department of Technology Education, Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest, N37 HD68 Westmeath, Ireland.
J Intell. 2025 Feb 18;13(2):23. doi: 10.3390/jintelligence13020023.
Though both critical thinking and creative thinking are often cited and promoted as important cognitive processes in personal, academic and professional settings, common misconceptualisation of both often leads to confusion for non-experts; for example, with respect to lumping them together erroneously as much the same thing, completely confusing them for one another or, on the other hand, distinguishing them to such an extent that all genuine overlap is ignored. Given the importance of these processes in real-world scenarios, quality education and 'metaeducation' is necessary to ensure their appropriate translation to students and educators, alike. Thus, the aim of the current review is to discuss various perspectives on both critical and creative thinking with particular focus paid to addressing such common misconceptualisation. Detailed discussion is provided with respect to important ways in which they are distinct and overlap. Recommendations for what contexts application of each are appropriate are also provided. Furthermore, implications for such enhanced understanding are discussed, in light of both theory and research.
尽管批判性思维和创造性思维在个人、学术和专业领域中经常被提及并被视为重要的认知过程，但对这两者的常见误解常常使非专业人士感到困惑；例如，错误地将它们混为一谈，完全把它们彼此混淆，或者另一方面，将它们区分到忽略所有真正重叠之处的程度。鉴于这些过程在现实场景中的重要性，高质量的教育和“元教育”对于确保它们能被恰当地传授给学生和教育工作者而言是必要的。因此，本综述的目的是讨论关于批判性思维和创造性思维的各种观点，特别着重于解决此类常见的误解。文中详细讨论了它们不同和重叠的重要方式。还提供了关于每种思维在何种情境下适用的建议。此外，结合理论和研究探讨了这种深入理解所带来的影响。
