Critical Thinking

To become a critical reader, consider the following questions when facing a text (CC p. 45)

Whose views are being represented?

What or whose interests are being served?

What are the intentions behind the message?

What reading or speaking position are you being invited to take up? Are we asked to see the situation from a particular point of view?

What cultural assumptions are being taken from granted?

What or who is absent that one might expect to find?

Take a look at the following video called "Do You Think?". While you watch it, keep in mind the following questions:

1. Why is it necessary in today's society to be a critical thinker?

- Because, in today's society you need to understand others, and in order to do that you require the skill to understand someone else argument.

2. What do I need to do to become critical?

To become critical we need clarity, acurracy, precision, relevance, depth, breadth, logic, and we need to give examples, elaborate, be specific and related.