critical thinking and our lives
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The idea of Critical thinking 2
CRITICAL THINKING
The idea of critical thinking is becoming more and more import in our every day lives. Critical thinking allows us to have open minds so that we can create and think "out of the box". Only then can we more readily understand new concepts thrown our way and meld them with the things we already know. In all parts of everyday life, a person is expected to think for themselves and come up with solutions to problems. The decisions we make are based on experience and knowledge. What is critical thinking? Kirby and Goodpaster give us a broad definition as the activity of the brain that can be potentially communicated (2002). So critical thinking in a broad sense is simply processing information and formulating ways to communicate what we want to say.
How we think:
Critical thinking begins with Observation. From observation of others and our environment we can begin to process information with which we can make decisions...