ARTICLE INFO

ABSTRACT

Received date: 13/08/2015

Accepted date: 26/11/2015

This study was conducted by interviewing seven lecturers about their perceptions of employing critical thinking in educating geography pedagogy students at Cantho University (CTU), Vietnam. The study findings showed that the participants had very positive perceptions about employing critical thinking in educating the geography pedagogy students at CTU and these perceptions related to culture and tradition, teaching and learning habits, the student ability of solving problem, the interaction between the lecturers and students and amongst the students, the collaboration among the students, the teacher preparation and supports, and the university/school facilities. In addition, the results of this study have also reported the lecturers’ feedback or solutions on how to employ critical thinking in educating the geography pedagogy learners better. Due to the participants’ perceptions and the feedback that they made, it seemed that their most concern was around cultural and traditional values in the vietnamese educational system.

KEYWORDS

Critical thinking, geography, geography education, teach-ing geography, higher edu-cation, lecturers’ percep-tions, Cantho University

Cited as: Tham, T.C., 2015. Lecturers’ perceptions about employing critical thinking in educating geography pedagogy students at Can Tho University, Vietnam. Can Tho University Journal of Science. 1: 96-109.