%0 Journal Article
%T Critical Thinking as a Resilience Factor in an Engineering Program
%A Ben¨ªtez &nbsp
%A Canales &nbsp
%J Creative Education
%P 611-613
%@ 2151-4771
%D 2013
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ce.2013.49087
%X In the current context of technical higher education in Mexico, there have been changes affecting the school community. The massification phenomenon and the implementation of a competence-based model are both challenges that college students must face. We present the preliminary results of the following research ¡°Resilience skills development through protective and risk factors in engineering students¡±. In social sciences, resilience is presented as the individual¡¯s ability to identify and solve problems, which impacts their own transformation and growth (Cyrulnik, 2004; Vanistendael, 2006; Melillo & Suarez, 2004). Developing resilience depends on certain resilience skills which through critical thinking strengthen students¡¯ analysis and decision making. We used a mixed methodology because resilience emanates from the individual¡¯s subjectivity. A quantitative study was applied to a sample of 105 students of which 23 were identified as having resilient characteristics. In the qualitative study the results show that 12 of these students had critical thinking as a protective factor.
%K Resilience
%K Critical Thinking
%K Engineering
%K Technical Higher Education
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=36778