Thank you for the information shared. See how much time and energy we spend fighting to impose our misguided views on others can be saved by applying evidenced and therefore credible approaches.
ProfessorCosmic, Thanks for your kind words. We still have a handful to post, so keep your eyes peeled. Be sure to share these with anyone you think would be interested!
All_Paths_Lead_To_Singularity That's true, makes me wonder if human nature is about balancing enough critical thinking to look at things objectively while still being able to express for human err/heuristics (such as having feelings like love or fear, establishing a personal identity, etc.)
Schools never teaches this ... And parents think their children knows everything because they are educated But at some point in the life literally they are fucked up because of lack of CT skills and problem solving inability.😢 Quite painful😑
benmac2112 Absolutely without QUESTION this should be a fundamental skill imparted to all young students. The ability to think critically could replace entire categories of knowledge that would be seen as obvious to anybody with sufficiently strong reasoning capabilities. The ludicrousness of believing the earth is flat, for example, would be rejected outright by anybody who understood a few basic facts such as the theory of gravitation, trigonometry and centripetal force and, by virtue of strong logical faculties, understands the relationship of these facts to one another and how they apply collectively to preclude a flat earth. In short- yes. Lol
I learned all of this in Elementary and in High School in my country Nicaragua something lack today in this country something IS BEEN DONE ON PURPOSE thanks to the GOP and the enablers the DNC remember CUTTING FUNDS ON EDUCATION look who is the the Secretary of the Department of Education today now you see what I am trying to get
I am going to share this video with my seventh and my ninth grader. They are doing quite a bit of reading and writing at school, including book reports, and this is surely gonna help them become better thinkers and writers. You, sir, are providing a great service by posting this here. I know that they will eventually cover this concept before they graduate, but teacher's lectures aren't always as clear as this presentation.
A middle schooler and a freshman in High School are learning critical thinking? Wow! That's so awesome! I never took a critical thinking course until right now and I'm at the University!
I think the best Critical Thinking is when you have evidence to prove reason of thought or action. A good example is in the video when the boss ask two employees the same question on how to improve the company advertisement for more profit the upcoming year and the young lady waited a day to respond in which she presented facts from research. The young man eager to please gave no thought, just blurted what he thought was best (hoping he would be recognized for a speedy response) and what his boss wanted to hear.
It's funny how many of the people I've met who claim to be critical thinkers, really just passively accept arguments given to them other people who claim to be critical thinkers.
Fantastic video. Definitely the best tutorial on critical thinking I've seen so far. I wish it had subtitles, though. It's hard for my non-native speaker students to understand with just audio prompts (though your slides and animations help immensely), and RU-vid's auto-caption software isn't useful for purposes outside of humor!
***** Critical thinking: an ability that a ton of people lack, no matter how many facts you throw out they choose to be willfully ignorant *cough* ESPN *cough*
You decide for yourself what is right, and what is wrong. But the question remains, Will you decide correctly? And you decide what is right or wrong, based on what you believe is good, or bad.
It was erroneously drummed into me my presumed "perfectionism" was strange. When in fact I enjoy and I am good at solving puzzles. The cogs in my brian left to cogitate work best alone. This lesson explains the stimuli behind my particular peccadillo. Houston, we have lift off.
Aaron, do you have any corresponding printed notes, worksheets, etc., for young students? (K-8) If so, where and how do I get them? If not, have you ever considered it? Thanks.
(Wanting to seem you're on top of things you respond quickly). The quick responder often gains much credibility by the recipient, whereas the one offering a careful, deliberate response may be looked down upon as hesitant, lacking knowledge / expertise or plain indecisive. The critical thinker, however, may appreciate the deliberate response. Just thinking out aloud...
Columbus was trying to reach India! People have known the earth was round for thousands of years. There might have been flat earthers then (as there are now) but everyone with a shred of learning knew it was round.
Pretty much the best way to determine if someone is just claiming to be a critical thinker. A critical thinker would check if an argument he makes is actually true or just hearsay.
Aaron -- I teach Critical Thinking at Dixie State University, would you be willing to make a presentation in my class if you are in the St. George area some time?
Nice video, thank you. However I cannot share it as the graphics and examples in two key places go against one of my critically reasoned beliefs and I see this as an attempt to subliminally squash an entire movement.
+Konoyaro Bakayaro I thought exactly the same thing and had to relisten because I couldn't believe what he said. It turns out he actually said "Consider the claim made in the days of Columbus", and not necessarily that "Columbus sailed east", but rather that "ships sailing east from Europe..." I'm not sure if that was intentional, or a lucky play on words. But my brain registered exactly your words as well.
There were three other students in the group, not four other students (assuming all students that were in the group were shown, including myself -- after thinking about it critically). How can I believe anything else you said if you go this wrong! Just kidding. I was gonna say, "Great Summary of Critical Thinking" but then I thought critically about it and decided I had no great reason to believe it was a great summary of critical thinking. Instead, I will say thank you for your summary of critical thinking. PEACE
3:00 "...ships sailing east from Europe..." Would cross land and eventually reach Asia. You didn't really think about what you were saying. Not a good look for a critical thinking course.