Critical thinking

Critical Thinking Skills Bag Guide General Objective To enable the participant to recognize the importance of critical thinking skills, and to strive to employ them in their daily practices. Detailed Objectives By the end of the program, the participant is expected to be able to: - Explain what is meant by critical thinking. - Use critical thinking in different situations. - Appreciate the importance of employing critical thinking skills in our daily practices. - Infer the most important distinctive characteristics of people with critical thinking. - Apply the information gathering skill within critical thinking. - Ask good questions. - Discover key solutions. - Differentiate between opinion and fact. - Apply the skill of verifying both sides and evaluating evidence. Training hours: 3 training hours Number of activities: 9 diverse educational activities Target group: Middle school students Program content In this program, we will cover critical thinking skills through the following titles: - Concept of critical thinking - The importance of employing critical thinking skills - Characteristics of the critical thinker - Critical thinking skills: - Gathering information - Asking questions - Key solutions - Differentiating between opinion and fact - Verifying both sides - Evaluating evidence Strategies used The preparation of the bag relied on: - Employing active learning strategies - Using entertainment-based teaching methods