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The Nature of CT

• Definition An autonomous person to think
  dialectically, through enquiry, reflection,
  emancipation, and reconstruction to make ones
  own life more reasonable.
• ?? Reason Affection?? thesis? antithesis ?
  synthesis Questioning ? Questioning
  Reflection ? Reflection

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Why do we need critical thinking?

• Human life should have a clarity purpose.
• Purpose should be significant with good reason.
• The significance must be set up by oneself with
  free will - autonomy.
• A good life is constitute of two factors
  individual autonomy community harmony.
• Everyone pursuing for a good life could face with
  problems.

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The functions of CT

• Critical thinking can get rid of our garbage data
  and ideas, and then deeply internalize powerful
  ideas. (????)
• Successfully solve problems
• a) Defining the problem precisely
• b) Checking to ensure something you can control
• c) Formulating possible solutions and may
  working out alternatives
• Know-yourself better SWOT analysis

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As a Critical Thinker

• Recognize the quality of my life.
• Identifying productive experiences.
• Replacing garbage ideas with powerful ideas.
• Maximizing the effectiveness of actions.
• Minimizing the weaknesses.
• Gearing up self-confidence.
• Motivating to learn more continuously.

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How to teach for CT?

• Questions using
• Socratic Questioning
• Role-playing

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3 types of Questions

• Focus on the elements of thought purpose,
  concepts, assumptions, information, opinions
• Focus on the standards of thought clarity,
  accuracy, relevance, depth, breadth
• Distinguishing commonality differences

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Socratic Questioning

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• Methods Truth, Meaning, Extending the breadth
  and depth of thinking.
• Strategy
• What do you mean?
• Is your basic point A or B?
• Why do you pick up this point?
• How you get this decision?
• Could you explain it further?

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Socratic Discussion
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Role-Playing

• Facts
• Beliefs
• Judgments
• Truths
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• Discern the differences between the above
  concepts ? Proposing opposing views
• ? Reconstructing new views

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Set up a research theme

• What meaning, contents, framework, resources,
  situations
• Why motivations abilities , aims,
  contributions
• How Methods designs
• Is it significant In what way? To whom? How long
  (When)?---Vision

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Literature Review critical reading
Abstract Concepts
List the topic sentences
List the main ideas
Transfer the ideas into figures
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Standardizing Your Thougts
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Methods for Critical Readings

• Taking notes and preparing it for the convenient
  and effective use.
• Grasping the main idea and its sub-ideas
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• Reorganizing the data.
• Expending the idea via explanation,
  interpretation, gathering data, assess
  assumption, giving examples, application
• Viewing the opposite points.
• Proposing your critique on it, making strategies
  or suggestions.

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Key Performance Indicators

• Productivity
• Quality of Work
• Initiative
• Ability to solve problems
• Teamwork

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Elements of thoughts and Domains

• Different field
• Changing field
• Integrated field
• New field