The last two paras.: conclusion
Our students should learn to think critically so as to know how to change their thinking in keeping with the changes of the world.
• 'Being critical' in academic terms refers to two broad characteristics of a researcher's way of thinking.
1. A critical researcher is always questioning.
Para. 2: Or, critical thinking is thinking that analyzes thought, that assesses thought, and that transforms thought for the better.
Para. 2: (There is a third way to talk about
Paras. 13 – 15: What standards do you use to assess your thinking and the thinking of others?
“I use the standards of clarity, accuracy, precision, relevance, depth, breadth, logic and fairness.”
generalizations Part III: (Paras.
carefully about what you read and 6: Our future as a species is dependent on whether we can develop the wherewithal to raise our collective thinking so as to produce positive
