Empowering Critical Thinking: The Role of Digital Tools in Citizen Participation

The widespread use of digital technologies and the expansion of social networks has created new communication and meeting spaces where people and social and political actors connect with each other. This opens diverse spaces and possibilities for digital engagement in a more accessible, immediate, c...

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Published in:Journal of new approaches in educational research 2023, Vol.12 (2), p.258-275
Main Authors: Gonzalez-Mohino, Miguel, Rodriguez-Domenech, M. Ángeles, Callejas-Albiñana, Ana Isabel, Castillo-Canalejo, Ana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to information
Alternative Education
Citizen Participation
Critical Thinking
Digital Tools
Educación
Education
Educational Policy
Educational Quality
Educational Technology
Estudio estadístico
Herramientas digitales
Learning and Instruction
Learning Processes
Learning Theories
Least Squares Statistics
Original
Participación ciudadana
Pensamiento crítico
Secondary School Students
Statistical Survey
Students
Teaching
Teaching Methods
Teaching Skills
Thinking Skills
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Summary:The widespread use of digital technologies and the expansion of social networks has created new communication and meeting spaces where people and social and political actors connect with each other. This opens diverse spaces and possibilities for digital engagement in a more accessible, immediate, continuous, egalitarian, and personalized way. Digital technology facilitates learning, dissemination, and access to information, turning it into a means of communication and fueling the practice of critical thinking. In particular civic critical thinking practices improve the organization and effectiveness of civic networks and spaces for citizen participation, ultimately helping to produce responsible, conscious citizens. This study proposes a series of hypotheses based on the relationships between digital learning, critical thinking and civic participation, and tests them using the technique of structural equation modeling (SEM) with partial least squares (PLS) applied to a sample of 191 primary and secondary school students. The results indicate that digital tools have a positive impact on the development of critical thinking, and this influences citizen participation, transforming people into more engaged citizens of the world with participatory attitudes and values.
ISSN:2254-7339
2254-7339
DOI:10.7821/naer.2023.7.1385