Critical Thinking in Everyday Life

This post was originally added to Learnhigher on: 5th Mar, 2019

Activity time: 20-30 minutes

Types of media: Lesson Plan, Slides, Powerpoint file, PDF file

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Author

Melanie Crisfield (Brunel University), (Brunel University)

Description

- Understand what critical thinking is - Understand how this is applied in a daily context - Understand how this skill can be transferred between different contexts

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Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0

(This resource can be freely repurposed and reused)

About this resource

This is an interactive small group activity designed to help students understand the critical thinking skills they already have, and how these skills can transfer across different context.

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Pens, paper

Contributor’s comments on the use of this resource:

Use as a way of introducing the concept of critical thinking and as a means of situating CT in a non-academic context.

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