Putting it all together, we have learned many new skills for logic and critical thinking. Now we need to learn how to combine these new skills. A skill is only beneficial if it is easy to apply. In this module, we will in particular, learn how to retain your new skills, reflect and learn from mistakes. Always ask the right questions. Practice critical thinking, retaining your new skills.
Now that we have learned many new critical thinking skills our next challenge is to retain these skills. There are many methods to help you retain your new critical thinking skills. Developing a schema for organizing and remembering information is one method. The subject of critical thinking and metacognition, thinking about thinking is vast. So there are many resources both online and in print. To help you retain the information from this course, the most effective technique to help you retain and improve your critical thinking skills, however, is for you to practice them regularly.
Reflect and learn from mistakes. reflection is a useful step in the logic process. Reflecting and learning from mistakes is also helpful in critical thinking. You may not be able to reflect every time you engage your critical thinking skills. However, from whenever possible, reflect back on the steps taken to come to major decisions. Particularly managers should regularly reflect on how they interact with their employees, peers and supervisors or directors.
Always ask questions, the importance of inquisitive this cannot be overemphasized in the process of critical thinking. One contribution to civilization that Socrates made was that he advocated the questioning process during debate. Furthermore, learning is a process sparked by the desire to know more. The inquisitiveness and curiosity of the individual is the foundation of the learning questions lead to possible solution paths and ultimately answers. critical thinkers should never abandon the questioning process. Practicing critical thinking, the best way to improve your critical thinking skills is to practice.
Develop ways to remember and organize the techniques from this course. Develop a schema, the way you organize information will affect the way you think. Additionally, try to improve upon critical thinking and creative thinking as these two types of thinking tend to support each other. Words from the wife, Alison King, good questioners are good thinkers. Henry Ward Beecher, all words are pegs to hang ideas on. Rudolph Arnhem, all perceiving is also thinking.
All reasoning is also intuition. All observation is also invention.