O.K I'm back tracking to topic 3. Hmmm Critical thinking. This I find difficult. I'm consulting the 'Critical Thinking Community' website to see if it can help me. I do a lot of thinking but find it hard to convey my thoughts using the right words. The website states "To make significant gains in the quality of your thinking you will have to engage in a kind of work that most humans find unpleasant, if not painful — intellectual work." Yes I would have to agree with that at times.
I know it seems logical but I'm going to try and reinforce the following things by thinking about my thinking, as suggested by the Critical Thinking Community Website.
Clarify thinking - Try to figure out the real meaning of what people are saying.
Stick to the point - Be on the look out for fragmented thinking, thinking that leaps about with no logical connections.
Question questions - Be on the look out for questions. The ones we ask. The ones we fail to ask.
Be reasonable - Be on the lookout for reasonable and unreasonable behaviors — yours and others.
Upon further exploration of the same website I viewed some of the 'Children's Guide Video Series' on critical thinking. These could be useful in assisting students in developing information literacy and the skills required to work collaboratively with others.
Here is one of them. (also on You Tube)
I have also used another great website on the various thinking skills. The Kurwongbah school website has some great ideas and contracts to use - see links
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