CRITICAL THINKING-INTEGRATED LESSON PLAN WITH AQLI AND NAQLI ELEMENTS: AN EVALUATION USING LESSON PLAN ANALYSIS PROTOCOL

Abstract

One component that is considered essential in embedding critical thinking in higher education is lesson planning, as it ensures how and when critical thinking should be exposed to students. The study evaluates a lesson plan that incorporates critical thinking and was designed for higher education lecturers using the Lesson Plan Analysis Protocol (LPAP). The main aim is to investigate to what extent the developed lesson plan can help educators integrate CT, and aqli and naqli elements in their lessons. This paper focuses on Phase 2 (design and development) of the ADDIE model. As part of Phase 2, expert review was done to evaluate the lesson plan. Five expert reviewers in the development phase provided feedback towards the lesson plan. The key findings show that the developed lesson plan is usable in encouraging critical thinking if integrated with the chosen critical thinking skills and elements of aqli and naqli. The experts suggested more detailed descriptions for the critical thinking skills that are utilized in the lesson plan. Recommendations highlight that there is still a need for further individualization of lesson plans, taking into consideration different subject needs for critical thinking pedagogy. Therefore, it adds to the overall objective of enhancing teaching methods that expose students to critical thinking skills, which would be beneficial in their studies and later in their professions.