Module 7: Activity 3: Critical Thinking

Critical thinking is an important aspect to education and should be encouraged in our classrooms. This type of thinking involves in-depth thoughts, open-mindedness, ability to respect others opinions and forces one to use further questions to arrive at acceptable answers.

When educators use critical thinking in their classrooms, they are using one element of 21st century education.

I am was rather surprise to see some of the things that needs to be done so that I can encourage critical thinking in my subject area. These include but not limited to:- the socratic method of questioning/dialog, media skills, intellectual virtues, and determining what types of question to ask that would force students to ask other questions so that they are clear with what is required of them. For example, questions of point of view, or accuracy, or logic.

How would you feel if you were a student of the 21st century and you were being taught with 19th and 18th century methods and teaching styles?