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How are you all? I hope that you all are fine and enjoying a great and blessed life. Welcome again to all of you on this informative post. Today we will discuss an interesting topic that is Critical Thinking.
Let’s see the agenda of this particular module or topic. And the agenda is:
- Explain the meaning of critical thinking
- Identify the core skills for critical thinking
- Explain the importance of critical thinking
- Identify the use of critical thinking
Identify the tips to enhance critical thinking
Critical Thinking:
"Critical Thinking means making response judgments that are logical and well-thought-out. It is a way of thinking in which you don’t simply accept all arguments and conclusions you are exposed to but rather have an attitude involving questioning such arguments and conclusions"
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Core Skills for Critical Thinking:
- Curiosity:
Well, all children are very curious and keep asking, non-stop questions. So that’s to get or rather to feel satisfied with the answer. In the same way key element of critical thinking is to make sure that you are curious.
- Skepticism:
This includes having a healthy inquiry about the new information that is in front of you. So, try to think creatively and try to also have a healthy questioning attitude of skepticism.
- Humility:
It means that even if you are wrong in your thoughts and ideas, the humility is to say is to give in or rather apologize if you are not right on a particular thing
Uses of Critical Thinking:
We are using critical thinking in our day-to-day life. And some of the areas where we use critical thinking is:
Importance of Critical Thinking:
Now friends look at the importance of critical thinking
- It helps you to promote creativity. The more critically you can think the more creative try to become.
- It is crucial for self-reflection.
- It helps to separate facts from opinions. And it also helps you to become factual rather than emotional.
- It enhances your efficiency. You will become more productive, more efficient if you think critically.
- It enhances your comprehension skills.
So, all these are the importance of critical thinking
Principal of Critical Thinking:
It’s very important if you want to be able to think critically. You have to make sure that you have these things
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Critical Thinking Development:
Let’s take a look at what are the stages in terms of developing critical thinking. It does not just happen, there are certain stages or processes in terms of how to develop critical thinking
| Unreflective | Challenged |
|---|---|
| No awareness of flawed thinking | Limited awareness |
| Beginning | Practicing |
|---|---|
| recognizing need for critical thinking | Regularly practices skill |
| Advanced | Master |
|---|---|
| regularly uses skills | Critical thinking is second nature |
Enhancing Critical Thinking:
Let’s understand that how to enhance your critical thinking:
Ask basic Questions. Sometimes an explanation becomes to complex that the original question get lost. To avoid this, continually go back to the basic question you asked when you set out to solve the problem. Questions basic Assumptions. When you make an assumption, you make set out you and me. Be Aware of your mental process. Try reversing things. Even if it returns out that the reverse is not true considering it can set you on the path to finding solutions. Evaluate the existing evidence. When you are trying to solve a problem. It has always helpful to look at other work that has been done in the same area. Remember to think yourself. Don’t be overconfident, but recognize that thinking for your self is essential to answering tough questions.
Conclusion:
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