Blending critical thinking skills with the teaching of subject matter: Case of a geography lesson in a Malawi School

Critical thinking skills are essential in education. Unfortunately, education policymakers and curriculum developers in Malawi have not given a   concerted effort to promoting critical thinking skills in schools. OSISA has indicated that there is no clear evidence in the Malawi primary and   secondary school curricula that promoting critical thinking is considered   important. In this paper, we examine the definitions of critical thinking,   creative thinking, reflective thinking and we are of the view that there is a level of overlap amongst them. We also look at how the behaviours of   egocentrism and sociocentrism can undermine critical thinking. The study draws on Piaget and Vygotsky’s theory of (social) constructivism to advance approaches and practices that teachers can employ to promote critical   thinking in learners. We develop a lesson plan that incorporates critical  thinking skills and show how teachers can correct egocentric and    sociocentric tendencies that might impede critical thinking in learners. We  claim that students equipped with critical thinking skills can contribute   intellectually, socially, culturally and economically to society.Key words: critical thinking, social constructivism, lesson plan, egocentric, sociocentri

ERP adoption and use in production research: An archival analysis and future research directions

The enterprise resource planning (ERP) adoption and use phenomenon has attracted much of the attention of production researchers over the last two to three decades. Through a systematic literature review, the purpose of this paper is to conduct a detailed examination of the investigation of ERP adoption and use in production research, more specifically. The paper provides a synthetic view of the various research approaches and designs having been used and presents an overview of the studied: vendors/systems, ERP deployment types, implementation outcomes, benefits, critical success factors, risk factors and effects based on identified 61 articles. Further research directions are proposed including the urgent need for researchers to examine ERP implementation with regards to IoT, big data analytics, machine learning and blockchain. The contribution of this study lies in the provided taxonomy, the detailed description of classifications, the adopted methodology, and the identification of research gaps