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Introduction
Critical thinking is a skill that will serve you throughout your life in various
settings and situations. It also enables you to be a leader and a lead thinker. Many
definitions of critical thinking exist. Critical thinking generally means having
procedures and strategies for thinking through problems, solutions, and claims of
truth, as well as being aware of what those processes and strategies entail
(metacognitive thinking) and considering various perspectives and thinking
creatively. This handout combines the practice of critical thinking with sociological
thinking and the sociological imagination.
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the lens of various sociological theories (explanations). This adds another level to
your critical thinking strategies.
More Thoughts
This is only a beginning to understanding critical thinking strategies and in
expanding the meaning of critical thinking to various situations, and providing
strategies of how to critically think. Critical thinking is an important skill to develop
all throughout life, not only within academics. It is a practice of an educated
person.
References
Crawford, M. B. (2009, May 24). The case for working with your hands. The New
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York Times
Magazine, pp. 36- 41.