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DEVELOPMENT OF THINKING SKILLS AND ITS FUTURE BENEFITS

DEVELOPMENT OF THINKING SKILLS AND ITS FUTURE BENEFITS. MS SADAF KASHIF THE CITY SCHOOL GULSHAN JUNIOR F. AIM. To foster the importance of thinking skills in our students and making them future positive. OBJECTIVES. Can thinking be taught? The importance of thinking Core thinking skills

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DEVELOPMENT OF THINKING SKILLS AND ITS FUTURE BENEFITS

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  1. DEVELOPMENT OF THINKING SKILLS AND ITS FUTURE BENEFITS MS SADAF KASHIF THE CITY SCHOOL GULSHAN JUNIOR F

  2. AIM • To foster the importance of thinking skills in our students and making them future positive

  3. OBJECTIVES • Can thinking be taught? • The importance of thinking • Core thinking skills • The thinking process • Benefits of thinking skills • The Positive Revolution

  4. IF YOU GIVE A MAN A FISH,YOU FEED HIM FOR A DAY.IF YOU TEACH HIM HOW TO FISH,YOU FEED HIM FOR THE WHOLE LIFE.

  5. CAN THINKING BE TAUGHT?? • Thinking is the highest mental activity present in a person. • All human achievements are simply the products of thinking. • Thinking is practical, ongoing and involuntary. • It is an operating skill that can be learned. • It is concerned with description and action.

  6. THE IMPORTANCE OF THINKING • In order to survive and thrive in a complex world, every youngster needs to be equipped with basic thinking skills. • The changes in the world today are occurring as rapid fire-one on top of the other. So, the development of thinking skills is extremely important to prepare for a fast growing and changing world. • It shifts you from what to learn to how to learn.

  7. CORE THINKING SKILLSThe building blocks of thinking

  8. THE THINKING PROCESSThe thinking process leads to a generation of a sequence to deal with [information.

  9. BLOOM’S TAXONOMY AT A GLANCE… 1. KnowledgeWhat happened in the story?2. ComprehensionWhy did it happen that way?3. ApplicationWhat would you have done?4. AnalysisWhich part did you like best?5. SynthesisCan you think of a different ending?6. Evaluation What did you think of the story? Why?

  10. BENEFITS OF THINKING SKILLS Teaching and encouraging thinking empowers individuals lives and invests in our collective future.

  11. MOVES US AWAY FROM Rash conclusions Mystifications Reluctance to question dependence MOVES US TOWARDS Intellectual discipline Clear expression of ideas Acceptance of personal responsibility of our own thinking Self reliance THINKING…..

  12. IT ENABLES ONE TO…. • Solve problems • Make decisions • Respond to situations and coping up • Create awareness of areas of ignorance

  13. FIVE MINDS FOR THE FUTURE • THE DISCIPLINED MIND • THE SYNTHESIZING MIND • THE CREATIVE MIND • THE RESPECTFUL MIND • THE ETHICAL MIND

  14. THE DISCIPLINED MIND The disciplined mind knows how to work steadily over time to improve skill and understanding.

  15. THE SYNTHESIZING MIND It takes information from disparate sources, understands and evaluates that information objectively, and puts it together in ways that make sense to the synthesizer and also to other persons.

  16. THE CREATIVE MIND It breaks new grounds and puts forth new ideas, poses unfamiliar questions, conjures up fresh ways of thinking, arrives at unexpected answers.

  17. THE RESPECTFUL MIND It notes and welcomes differences among human individuals and groups, tries to understand these “others”, and seeks to work effectively with them. In a world where we are all interlinked, intolerance or disrespect is no longer a viable option

  18. THE ETHICAL MIND It ponders the nature of one’s work and the needs and desires of the society in which one lives. This mind conceptualizes how work can serve purposes beyond self-interest and how members of society can work unselfishly to improve the lot of all.

  19. THE POSITIVE REVOLUTION A person’s future life depends upon the quality of thinking.

  20. IF YOU TAKE NO PART IN THE DESIGN OF YOUR FUTURE, IT WILL BE DESIGNED BY OTHERS FOR YOU

  21. THUMB INDEX FINGER MIDDLE FINGER RING FINGER LITTLE FINGER EFFECTIVENESS TO POINT THE CONSTRUCTIVE WAY FORWARD FOR HUMAN VALUES FOR SELF EMPOWERMENT FOR CONTRIBUTION The human hand symbolizes the five basic principles of the positive revolution..

  22. LAST FEW MINUTES TO PONDER AND REFLECT BACK ON WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNT TODAY

  23. THANKYOU

  24. Be open minded about new ideas. • Are intellectually independent. • Know when there is a need for more information about something. • Ask questions. • Base their judgments on evidence. • Look for connections between subjects. • Know the difference between a conclusion that might be true and one that must be true. • Analyze and understand concepts, information, and behavior. • Break things down and separate fact from opinion. • Question everything that doesn’t make sense. • Try to avoid common mistakes in reasoning. Be Honest with themselves. • Overcome confusion. • Try to separate emotional thinking from logical thinking. • Do not argue about something that they know nothing about. • Try to build a vocabulary so that they can understand what others are saying and make their ideas clear to others. Critical thinkers are able to do the following things:

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