2019 Volume 43 Issue 2 Pages 139-149
In this study, we investigated the influence of recognition of cooperative work on critical thinking disposition when Team-Based Learning was used in a home care nursing class. A questionnaire survey was administered to 170 nursing students before and after the class. The results of the analysis revealed that ‘usefulness of cooperation,' ‘awareness for logical thinking,' ‘inquiry-mind,' and ‘objectiveness' improved after the class. Furthermore, students with higher ‘individual orientation' before attending the class had greater gains of ‘objectiveness' and ‘evidence based judment'. However, Critical thinking disposition did not increase after taking the class among students who had higher ‘usefulness of cooperation' before attending the class. Therefore, it is necessary to design the class in a manner that critical thinking disposition can be improved through group work even among students who have higher ‘usefulness of cooperation' before attending the class.
