Critical thinking is a higher-order cognitive skill that is indispensable to students, readying them to respond to a variety of complex problems that are sure to arise in their personal and professional lives. The cognitive skills at the foundation of critical thinking are analysis, interpretation, evaluation, explanation, inference, and self-regulation. When people talk about critical thinking is about to develop many skills that we have but in differente ways. In this case the one that we are going to talk is related with technology. However, we can develop the student's critical thinking by practicing debate in a Facebook group talking by an specific topic.
To create environments that engage students in these processes, instructors need to ask questions, encourage the expression of diverse opinions, and involve students in a variety of hands-on activities that force them to be involved in their learning. As teachers we have to let the students ask about some doubt that they have. Ask questions and of couser let them know the answers that't one of the most important ways to develop critical thinking.
When students think critically, they actively engage in these processes:
- Communication
- Analysis
- Synthesis
- Problem-solving
- Evaluation
I completely agree with you Alexander, Critical thinking is a higher-order cognitive skill that is really important for students as you mentioned, everyone develops this skill in different ways which it means that every student has a different way to understand, to think etc. For that reason, we as a teacher we have to look for the best way to teach and those students can learn but in terms of technology as u mention we can use this resource in our classes to make activities such as debate, do online exercises, practice with call simulator among others. Personally, use technology in classes environment it catches the attention of the students we also can use videos, songs and discuss with the students to make them give their own point of view. I consider that it's important to make students think, analyze, as teacher we need to provide our student themes to make them know about general culture, countries, traditions to make them not just know English the objective is that they can learn something else about world.
ReplyDeleteHere is a link that provide tips to develop critical thinking we must take into account
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dItUGF8GdTw&t=134s