Critical Thinking.pptVIP

Critical Thinking Cornerstone of higher education Thinking process? Why? - important Examine life, work toward goals, make decisions, decide career, analyze issues Make sense of the world, our lives Improve thinking abilities – carefully examining your thinking process – challenging activities College – unique opportunity to develop your mind – community – dedicated to learning Educated thinker – knowledge and skills – adapt Elevate your understanding of the world, develop insight into your self Thinking critically and thinking creatively Critical thinking Question everything, reflect What is the purpose of your life? Who are you? What do you want to become? Examined life College or work? Why? Intelligent decisions – reevaluate – choices Foolish opinions, thoughtless decisions, confused communication, destructive behavior, self-absorbed, thoughtless people Understand how mind works, improve thinking ability Goals Organize your thinking – giving your life order Something to aim for – sense of accomplishment Understand – mind works – think effectively Use to improve thinking ability Critical thinking Short term goals Metacognition – self awareness during comprehension process Long-term goals More complex, challenging Job – do for the rest of your life? Ever changing, evolving – as grow and mature Images, perceiving, thinking – communicate – tell a story Images and reading – content of an image – elements that work together to convey a message Making decisions To identify and reach the goals – make informed, intelligent decisions Consequences successful/unsuccessful outcome Critical thinking Decision-making process Define the decision clearly Be specific – give clear direction Consider all possible choices Not just the obvious ones Gather all relevant information and evaluate the pros and cons of each possible choice Seek all information – do not make an uniformed choice advantages/disadvantages Select the choice that seems to best meet the needs of the situation No s