README for Appendix Materials
Repository information
These appendix materials are associated with the doctoral thesis:
Critical Thinking and Chinese Higher Education: Assessing the value of the Western critical thinking tradition for recent developments in Chinese higher education

Repository:
DOI: 10.5525/gla.researchdata.2234
Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.5525/gla.researchdata.2234

Overview
This dataset contains supplementary research materials underpinning the thesis. The materials are organised into two groups:
1. Open access materials
These files may be made openly available through Enlighten: Research Data.
2. Restricted access materials
These files are not openly available and are intended only for authenticated or bona fide researchers under the applicable access conditions.

Top-level files
1.	README for Appendix Materials.docx
2.	Consent Form.pdf
3.	Participant Information Sheet.pdf
4.	Open access data.zip
5.	Restricted access data.zip

Contents of data
1.	Contents of the open access data
Appendix A. Teacher Survey Documentation
A1 Ethical Approval Letter.pdf
A2 Participant Information Sheet.pdf
A3 Consent Form.pdf
A4 Privacy Notice.pdf
A5 Teacher Survey Questionnaire.pdf
Appendix B. International Scoping Review Data Tables
B1 Summary Table of Included Studies.xlsx
B2 International Scoping Review Extraction Tables.xlsx
Appendix C. Chinese Scoping Review Data Tables
C1 Summary Table of Included Studies.xlsx
C2 Chinese Scoping Review Extraction Tables.xlsx
Appendix D. Western Critical Thinking Course Syllabus Analysis
D1 Overview of Western Courses.xlsx 
D2.1 Australian Course Syllabuses Extraction Tables.xlsx
D2.2 Canadian Course Syllabuses Extraction Tables.xlsx
D2.3 United Kingdom Course Syllabuses Extraction Tables.xlsx
D2.4 United States Course Syllabuses Extraction Tables.xlsx
Appendix E. Chinese Critical Thinking Course Syllabus Analysis
E1 Overview of Chinese Courses.xlsx
E2 Chinese Course Syllabuses Extraction Tables.xlsx
E3 Source Texts of Chinese Course Syllabuses.pdf
Appendix F. Critical Thinking Textbook Analysis
F1 Critical Thinking Textbooks Extraction Tables.xlsx
Appendix G. Teacher Survey Response Analysis
G1 Teacher Survey Response Extraction and Coding Tables.xlsx
Appendix H. Chinese Higher Education Policy Analysis Tables
H1 Overview of Policy Documents.xlsx
H2 Policy Text Extraction and Coding Table.xlsx

2.	Contents of the restricted access data
Appendix G. Teacher Survey Response Analysis
Appendix G2. Teacher Survey Results (Restricted Access).xlsx

Contact
Name: Hui Wang
Email: 2691832W@student.gla.ac.uk