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Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking. Pam Ciganick. What must we rethink?. “The illiterate of the 21 st Century will not be those who cannot read or write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” Alvin Toffler http://youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g.

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Critical Thinking

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  1. Critical Thinking Pam Ciganick

  2. What must we rethink? • “The illiterate of the 21st Century will not be those who cannot read or write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” • Alvin Toffler • http://youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g

  3. Henry Smith married 150 women in the course of 10 years. He was never arrested for bigamy although each marriage was witnessed and recorded with the proper authorities. Why?

  4. “Traditional thinking is all about “what is.” Future thinking will also need to be about what can be.” -Edward de Bono

  5. Critical Thinking Defined • “Critical thinking is a technique for evaluating information and ideas, for deciding what to accept and believe.” Dan Kurland

  6. Set of Values • *Thinking for yourself, as compared to accepting unquestioningly what others want you to believe. • *Welcoming the opportunity to explore new ideas, points of view and possibilities. • *Using reason to investigate questions, evaluate ideas, advocate positions, and resolve conflicts. • *Including the voices and perspectives of diverse parties in the discussion of issues. • *Weighing ideas based on their merits, not who advocates them. • *Achieving the best possible resolution of questions, as compared to winning arguments for the sake of winning them. • East Tennessee State University (www.etsu.edu/criticalthinking/what_is_ct.asp

  7. Set of Skills • *Inquiry Skills: the ability to frame questions and gather information. • *Understanding and Evaluation Skills: the ability to understand others’ ideas and evaluate arguments offered in support of them. • *Advocacy Skills: the ability to formulate positions and support them in a manner that promotes reasoned discussion. • East Tennessee State University (www.etsu.edu/criticalthinking/what_is_ct.asp

  8. Critical Thinking vs. Critical Reading • Critical reading is a technique for discovering information and ideas within a text. • Critical thinking is a technique for evaluating information and ideas, for deciding what to accept and believe. http://www.criticalreading.com/

  9. Why is teaching critical thinking important? What skills are most important for job success when hiring a High School graduate? Are They Really Ready To Work? 2006

  10. 21st Century Skills Of the High School students that you recently hired, what were their deficiencies? Are They Really Ready To Work? 2006

  11. 21st Century Skills What applied skills and basic knowledge are most important for those you will hire with a four-year college diploma? Are They Really Ready To Work? 2006

  12. 21st Century Skills What skills and content areas will be growing in importance in the next five years? Are They Really Ready To Work? 2006

  13. Caution! • http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=67350&title=When_You_Are_Plugged_In___

  14. Characteristics of a Critical Thinker • Do you have the COURAGE and PASSION to take initiative and confront problems and meet challenges? • Are you AWARE of your own biases and preconceptions? • Do you have INDEPENDENT opinions and are not afraid to disagree? • Are you HONEST with yourself (or others) when you are wrong?

  15. Are you able to get to the HEART OF AN ISSUE or problem,without being distracted by details? • Do you love the TRUTH and are CURIOUS about a wide range of issues? • Do you listen OPEN-MINDEDLY to opposing points of view? • Do you WELCOME CRITICISM? • Adapted from (p.21) : http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0767417399/

  16. Free Thinking Toolshttp://www.mycoted.com/Category:Creativity_Techniques

  17. Socratic Questioning

  18. Activity: Universe of Obligation • “To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right. “ • Confucius

  19. What? So What? Now What? • “From every important idea, some action should follow” ~ Paolo Freire

  20. What?Why does the world continue to pledge, “Never Again?” • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dchqJ7bhCBA http://www.ushmm.org/genocide/take_action/genocide

  21. So What?The Believing Game • “Everyone agrees in theory that we can't judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out, but the practice itself is rare." -Peter Elbow

  22. The Doubting Game • “Knowing and questioning, of course, require one another. We understand nothing except in so far as we understand the questions behind it." -I. A. Richards

  23. Now What? • “What is your universe of obligation?” • http://www.facinghistory.org/video/teaching-universe-obligation • Visit http://www.ushmm.org/genocide/take_action/genocide and create an action plan on how YOU can stop genocide.

  24. Evaluating Internet Sources • Let the reader beware! • http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html

  25. Free e-learning toolshttp://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2008/04/free-learning-tool-for-every-learning.html

  26. Some closing thoughts… • “I do not paint the things I see, I paint what I think.” • Pablo Picasso

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