CRITICAL THINKING

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CRITICAL THINKING

Dr. Saboohi Nasim, FMSR, AMU

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Critical Thinking Syllabus

Unit-I: Introduction to Critical Thinking

• Thinking Critically: Definition, Benefits, Standards, Barriers

• Perceiving and Believing

• Stages of Critical thinking

• Framework & Tools of Critical Thinking

• Tools for Clarity in Critical Thinking

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Perceiving

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Believing

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Why discuss Perceiving & Believing??

Are they related to Thinking/

Critical Thinking? HOW?

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Agenda for discussion…

❖Explore the way your perceiving process operates

❖ How your perceptions leads to your construction of your beliefs about the world

❖How both your perceptions and your beliefs relate to your ability to think effectively

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As a Critical Thinker…

❖Become aware of the nature of one’s own “lenses”

(world view reflecting one’s past experiences and unique personalities)

❖ Become aware of the “lenses” of the

others in order to understand why they

view things the way they do

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What is Perceiving?

The process of

becoming aware of your world through your

senses is known as

perceiving

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How does the world seems orderly and understandable despite our senses

being bombarded by tremendous number of stimuli???

❖Your sense equipment can receive sensations only within certain limited ranges

❖ you select only a small amount on which to focus your attention

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Exercise-1 (3 mins)

Concentrate on each of your five senses in turn and WRITE your

response to the following questions??

❖What can you see?

❖What can you hear?

❖What can you feel?

❖What can you smell?

❖What can you taste?

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❖The activity of using your senses to experience and make sense of your world is known as perceiving

❖It involves actively selecting, organizing and interpreting sensations

Perceiving….

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www.themegallery.comThe Process of Perceiving….

Often you are unaware of these steps, as they are performed very quickly and automatically

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Examine the following collection of markings. What do you see?

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Examine the following figure.

What do you see?

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Are these tables equal in size?

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In case of the previous patterns/

figures….

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Can there be differences in individual perceptions to same stimuli??

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How does differences in individual Perceptions develop??

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www.themegallery.comPerceptions by themselves do not provide a reliable foundation for your

understanding of the world

Thinking critically about your perceptions results in the

formation of your BELIEFS and the construction of your

knowledge about the world

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Consider the following statements and answer YES, NO, or NOT SURE

❖ Humans need to eat to stay alive

❖ Smoking Marijuana is a harmless good time

❖ Every human life is valuable

❖ People should care about other people, not just about themselves

❖ Developing your mind is as important as taking care of your body

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www.themegallery.comResponse to the statements reflects certain beliefs one has…..BELEIF??

Relationship between Perceiving and Believing is

complex and interactive

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www.themegallery.com TYPES OF BELIEFS

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❖Reporting Factual Information: Describing the world in ways that can be verified through investigation

❖Inferring: Going beyond the factual information to make statements of what is not currently known

❖Judging: Describing the world in ways that express an evaluation based on certain criteria

TYPES OF BELIEFS….

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TYPES OF BELIEFS???

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Examine the photograph; write 03

statements…one reporting, inferring and judging.

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Watch the Video and write 03 statements…one each for reporting, inferring and judging the character of

the main actor

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And Now some more FUN!

Perception based Judgements

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