Critical thinking is the art of analyzing and evaluating thought processes with a view to improving them.
The Problem ...
Everyone thinks; it is our nature to do so. But much of our thinking, left to itself, is biased, distorted, partial, uninformed, or downright prejudiced.
Yet the quality of our life and that of what we produce, make, or build depends precisely on the quality of our thought. Shoddy thinking is costly, both in money and in quality of life.
Becoming a well-cultivated critical thinker is our goal.
Throughout human history the concept of critical thinking has been treated, on the whole, superficially. Within academic disciplines, critical reasoning is still largely misunderstood and ignored. The only way to understand any subject is to reason through problems and issues within that subject using one’s own reasoning.
When you develop skill in reasoning your way through questions within an academic discipline and begin formulating questions of your own, you are learning to think like a scholar.
Within these 12 sessions we will engage together in the Paul/Elder Critical Thinking Framework to become well-cultivated critical thinkers.
We will look deeply at the concepts, principles, and tools in the Critical Thinking Theory that are the foundations in reasoning through an issue or problem; how they are independent as well as interrelated:
- The Elements of Reasoning (Analyzing through taking our thinking apart)
- Universal Intellectual Standards (Assessing the quality control of our thinking)
- The Barriers that impede Critical Thinking (Egocentric and Sociocentric Thought and their primary forms)
- Intellectual Traits (Characteristics that are embodied through explicit practice)
Within the core parts of our reasoning, we will look deeper into
- Figuring out the “Logic of” anything you choose
- The Three Kinds of Questions
- The Three Levels of Thought
- The Three Types of Character
- Develop your Rational Capacities; Diminsh your Irrational Tendencies
- The Functions of the Mind
- and Ethical Reasoning
Let's Get Reasoning!
Choose the link below to take you to my booking page where you can book your 30 minuute FREE Discovery Call or choose a package of 12 sessions that are 60 minutes in length each:
- Personal 1:1 Built to find the best time for you
- Group Settings (Pre-set sessions on specific days AM or PM upon availability)
- Speaking Engagements (FREE 40 MINUTE DISCOVERY CALL)
- or FREE 30 MINUTE DISCOVERY CALL to make a time that best suits you!
We are incredible complex thinking beings, who must take up a rigorous discipline for the outcome of our thinking that ultimately directs the quality of our life.
I look forward to our time together and being your Critical Thinking Foundations Coach!
Patricia Coone – PC Coaching and Professional Development