CRITICAL thinking is a system of thinking

that opens up all other systems of thinking.

Critical thinking is a self directed
process by which we take deliberate
steps to think at the higher level of
quality
CRITICAL THINKING INVOLVE
Problem solving
Decision making
Analyzing information
Interpreting information
Recognizing bias
Understanding diverse points of view
Applying information
Learning!
 OVERVIEW SLIDE

Thinking that Thinking that

analyzes thinking assesses thinking

critical thinking: disciplined,

self-guided thinking
aimed at living a rational life.

thinking that Thinking that

combats develops within itself
its native intellectual habits
egocentricity
WHY WE CONCERN OURSELVES
WITH THINKING?
Whenever we are dealing with
human life, we are almost
always dealing with thinking.
Critical thinking is the
thinking through
which we sense the
world
Thinking tells us:
what there is
what is happening
what our problems are
what our options are
what threatens us
what is important
what is unimportant
who our friends are
who our enemies are
what our history is
who we are
who loves us
RED/GREEN THINKING
Red Thinking:
Higher order executive
functioning.
Thinking that analyzes,
assesses and improves green
Thinking.

Green Thinking:
Instinctive, automatic,
spontaneous thinking.
Unconsciously guided
 Green thinking

Spontaneous Subconscious Uncontrolled

Impulsive Self protecting Unanalyzed
Reflexive Self validating

Includes ideas that are valid, as well as nonsense, confusion ,

prejudices. The key is that we cannot distinguish the
difference between high and low quality thought in green
thinking.
 RED THINKING

Red Thinking stops and assesses itself before going forward.

Disciplined Seeks the truth Self assessing

Critical Thinking Self correcting Probing

In red thinking mode, we actively work to eliminate

prejudices, biases, dysfunctional thinking from our
thinking. We actively work on our thinking.
CHARACTERISTIC OF
CRITICAL THINKING

1) Rationality and reflection

2) Autonomy
3) Creative thinking
4) Fair thinking
5) Focus on what do believe and do
SKILLS IN CRITICAL THINKING
1. Critical analysis

It is a set of question one can apply to a

particular situation or idea to determine essential
information and ideas

Not all questions applied to every situation , only the

specific question that are appropriate to a given
situation are applied
2 .REASONING

It involve
Inductive reasoning
It is the reasoning that is move from specific to general.
Deductive reasoning
It is the reasoning that is move from general to specific.
 CONCLUSION
As critical thinkers, we must be careful not to assume
that things are actually the way they are represented
to be in human life.
To understand a field of knowledge we must understand
it realistically.