3. explaining the concept of critical reading/thinkink to a person unfamilar with it using examples to help.

Critical thinking means taking control of your conscious thought processes.  The essence of thinking is thinking beyond the obvious, beyond the flash of visual images on a television screen, the half truths of propaganda and faulty reasoning.  To engage in critical thinking, you have to be fully aware of ideas or actions, reflect on them and react to them. "Critical Thinking is essential as a tool of enquiry. It is a liberating force in education and a powerful resource in one’s personal and civic" life Critical thinking is the ability to apply reasoning and logic to new or unfamiliar ideas, opinion and situation.  it involves seeing things in a open minded way and examining an idea or concept from different angles.  This important skill allows people to look past their own views of the world and to be understanding the opinion of others.  it is often used in debates, to form more cogent and well rounded arguments, and in science.


Critical thinking is essential in the workplace, particularly for employees in management roles. Their decisions can affect an individual employee, a department or the entire workforce. Therefore, critical thinking skills are sought-after professional characteristics for employees with high-level responsibilities and authority.

In my own point of view example of critical thinking could be a mature student thinking of going back to education.  critical thinking is important in this situating because first of all you have to think about the children you have, if you will be in school what will happen to child care.  have any anyone that can do that for you or can you afford to pay childcare issues.  Someone could  be asking her or himself if they will cope with the college stress and being a wife or husband and a mother or father at the same time. 

 

 

 

REFERENCES

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/examples-using-critical-thinking-make-decisions-workplace-12952.html assessed 24/11/2012.

http://unilearning.uow.edu.au/critical/1a.html assessed 24/11/12.