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The impact of cognitive flexibility on prospective EFL teachers' critical thinking disposition: the mediating role of self-efficacy.
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- From social media addiction to information literacy: unravelling the underlying mechanism of critical thinking and cognitive flexibility.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- The relationship between physical activity and work engagement among university teachers: the chain mediating effect of resilience and cognitive flexibility.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Development and validation of the cognitive flexibility scale for AI-supported English language learning (CFS-AISEL).Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The mediating role of emotion regulation and cognitive flexibility in the relationship between cooperative learning and social skills of students: a cross-sectional study.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- The mediating role of self-efficacy in the relationship between university students' attitudes towards violence against women and cognitive flexibility levels.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Physical Activity Influences Negative Emotion Among College Students in China: The Mediating and Moderating Role of Psychological Resilience.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- How self-efficacy shapes professional identity: the mediating role of meaning in life and self-esteem in pre-service physical education teachers.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Psychological richness can enhance innovative behavior of Chinese college students: the chain mediating role of cognitive flexibility and creative self-efficacy.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Critical thinking as one of the key skills for success in the 21st-century has been considered by many scholars in teacher education. This study tries to examine the interaction of critical thinking disposition with two other key characteristics of successful teachers: cognitive flexibility and self-efficacy. To this end, a sample of pre-service English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers was selected for this study. Based on the findings, a positive and strong relationship between cognitive flexibility and critical thinking disposition, and a positive and robust correlation between self-efficacy and critical thinking disposition were observed. Hence, it can be suggested that teacher-educationists can use this link for designing teacher-training courses with tailored tasks for both in and pre-service teachers. The main contribution of the findings might be beneficial for homogenizing teacher-training courses around the globe with the 21st-century trends. In addition, this line of research can be followed by empirical studies for checking the effectiveness of tailored tasks for provoking teachers' critical thinking dispositions, cognitive flexibility, and self-efficacy in teaching activities.
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