1. CRITICAL THINKING Chapter III

2. Children need to be shown HOW TO THINK CRITICALLY adult = model children absorb the attitudes and opinions of the significant adults in their lives

3. It is important to encourage children to VALUE THE AUTHORITY OF THEIR OWN REASONING CAPACITIES  to question their own reasoning and the reasoning of others  to accept points of view and beliefs different from their own to reach a balanced judgement

4. CRITICAL THINKER readinesswillingness passion to reasonto challenge for truth healthy be open minded attitude of attitude to and self-critical doubt, search arguement for truth

5. THE SKILLS OF CRITICAL THINKING Evaluation Synthesis Analysis Application Comprehension Knowledge H. Bloom’s Taxonomy of educational goals

6. guide children in learning how to learn & how to think for themselves through TEACHING STRATEGIES to develop reasoning skills (teach critical thinking through teachers applying the strategies of CT in their own lesson planning) in every-day activity

7. CRITICAL THINKING FOR RICHARD PAUL identifies the uncritical the selfish the reasonable thinkerthinker thinker

8. CT strategies Affective strategies foster intellectual independence + encourage self-questioning Macro abilities develop global thinking abilities Giving reasons Identifying purposes Evaluating outcomes Identifying criteria Making judgements

9. Child = curiosity foster curiosityrespond to through provocativequestions with and open-ended the child questions“How can WE find this out?” consider the importance of encourage logic- THINKING TIMEdeductive reasoning (encourage child to do his (develop skills of defining, own thinking)ordering, classifying, sequencing and abstraction)

10. ! deductive reasoning = creative thinking ability to consider all the possible factors in problem solving understand theseek evidences and meaning of wordsfit the elements into (related to context,a logical chain of shared assumptionsreasoning personal associations)(patterning of experience)

11. REASONING  Sequencing  Classifying  Judging  Predicting  Theorising  Understanding others and oneself COMMUNITY OF ENQUIRY