We have been taught that critical thinking enables students to think more critically, they become more proficient at historical, scientific, and mathematical thinking. Finally they develop skills, abilities, and values crucial to success in everyday life. So my question here arises is firstly what type of values are these when we are talking about the role of critical thinking in education? Secondly, people who start thinking critically, do we have the surety that they will be successful always?
Critical thinking explains that if we can take charge of our minds, we can take charge of our lives. I believe that this is true to a great extent because we are what are minds make us, we are actually shaped by our thinking hence I believe that we should always have a positive view of things in order to be happy. But my question is that whether all proponents of thinking skills (critical, creative) emphasize the relevance of thinking for many aspects of life?
I think critical thinking values give students the ability to not only understand what they have read or been shown but also to build upon it.Also it teaches students that knowledge is not simply about memorization or the ability to grasp it unquestioningly.
ReplyDeleteSecondly,I don't think anyone or anything can assure success in life. Same is the case with people who think critically, critical thinking encourages them to think for themselves, to question hypotheses, to develop alternative hypotheses, and to test those hypotheses against known facts so that they can come up to a better judgment/conclusion.
regarding the second question of surety of succes in life actually depends on how you define the word 'success', as in if you think you have crtically thought through an issue and you feel content with it, then this satistacftion that you will derived from the process of critically thinking can be the success for you, you can never be sure of your end result but one can feel successful if one feels at contentment from the efforts that one has put in.
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