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1 Growing the Critical Thinking Terrain
Introductions-

2 Make a selection… Ask the group to select one candy bar from the bowl

3 Activity Silently: Select one slip from the basket
Read the question silently (note the #) Move to the chart with your personal response to the question and appropriate number on it Small group: Quantity is more important than quality Do not censure any ideas 5 minutes to discuss and list as many reasons as you can for your response Ask the group to Silently: Select one slip from the basket Read the number and question to yourself Move to the chart with your response and appropriate number on it Need- Flip charts, markers, questions, basket Small group: 5 minutes to discuss and list as many reasons as you can for your response Quantity is more important than quality Do not censure any ideas Remove Flip chart from wall and roll so others can’t see it Return to seats , grouped together by question number

4 Critical Thinking is… The ability to: Reason and ask questions
Recognize biases and assumptions Systematically draw conclusions Define critical thinking as : The ability to Reason and ask questions Recognize biases and assumptions Systematically draw conclusions NOT through reaction, intuition or instinct

5 Trust the Process Recognize Assumptions: Separate fact from opinion
Evaluate Arguments:  Impartially evaluate arguments and suspend judgment Draw Conclusions:  Decide your course of action The process is ever growing and changing. You must become an active learner rather than a passive recipient A simple acronym: RED Think RED: Recognize Assumptions:  Separate fact from opinion Evaluate Arguments:  Impartially evaluate arguments and suspend judgment Draw Conclusions:  Decide your course of action

6 Questioning Hand out questioning diagram
Who What When Where Why How Could Which

7 Activity Regroup by Question:
Discuss both sides, sharing reasons or thoughts for your responses Ask questions: both of yourself & others LISTEN- evaluate what your hearing Consider your own biases and keep an open mind

8 A Well Cultivated Critical Thinker
is self-directed, self- disciplined, self- monitored, and self corrected better understands the experiences and views of others approaches things in a consistent and systematic way reflects on their own assumptions, beliefs and values

9 Benefits What are some of the benefits to cultivating critical thinking? Gather ideas from participants Fill in gaps with: Better teamwork and empathy Improved problem solving and decision making Foresight and planning for situations Well- informed Explore alternatives Value and respect for others Ideas. Question what is read, heard or seen Assess consequences of actions

10 It’s about how to think, not what to think.
Critical Thinking Think RED - Trust the Process - Ask questions It’s about how to think, not what to think.

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