Critical Thinking
Ability to reflect on the validity of ideas, evidence, assumptions and plans.
Dimension Thinking — Understanding Our Complex World
For me
- Which assumptions about my class have I not questioned lately?
- Where do I allow disagreement in class – and where do I unknowingly shut it down?
For my class
- How do you know that is true?
- Who has an interest in you believing that?
In the classroom
- Fake-news check: compare two reports, examine the sources, develop criteria.
- A debate format with side-swapping – every position is argued once.
Subject links
Media & IT · Language arts · History & geography · Science & technology
Mini-exercise · 5 minutes
Three questions for a claim
Put a statement on the board. In groups: where does it come from? What speaks against it? What would we need to know to be sure?
Open the “Critical Thinking” card