The document summarizes critical thinking skills and provides examples of activities to practice and reflect on critical thinking. It defines critical thinking as the ability to think clearly and rationally through reflective and independent thinking. Learners are asked to describe critical thinking, reflect on their own skills, describe the components of a toaster, and evaluate solutions to everyday problems without typical tools or appliances. The document encourages developing judgment and using information effectively through collecting and applying knowledge.

1. How many uses can you
think of for a paper clip?

2. Learning Objectives:
By the end of this lesson you:
• Should be able to describe what critical thinking is.
• Have reflected on your critical thinking skills.
• Should be able to describe what goes into a
toaster.
• Have evaluated a solution to an everyday problem.

3. Knowing a great deal is not the
same as being smart;
intelligence is not information
alone but also judgment, the
manner in which information is
collected and used.
Carl Sagan
What do you know about ‘critical thinking?’
– what is it? – how can it be used?

4. What is critical thinking?
Critical thinking is the ability to think clearly and
rationally. It includes the ability to engage in reflective
and independent thinking. Someone with critical thinking
skills is able to do the following :
– understand the logical connections between ideas
– identify, construct and evaluate arguments
– detect inconsistencies and common mistakes in reasoning
– solve problems systematically
– identify the relevance and importance of ideas
– reflect on the justification of one's own beliefs and values

6. How to make a piece of toast?
In small groups you have 2 minutes to
write a set of instructions as to how to
make the perfect piece of toast.
Now, imagine you don’t have a toaster
… what would you do?
How could you make the
toast?

7. Left to his own devices he
couldn’t build a toaster. He
could just about make a
sandwich and that was it.Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless, 1992
It takes an entire civilization to build a toaster

10. now we need some solutions

12. In your lessons