Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking
Critical thinking is thinking outside the lines that have been drawn. Thinking past what the traditional thinker does in order to get better ideas and come up with new solutions to issues that may arise personally or in a place of business. “ Fostering critical thinking thus is about developing distinctive modes of responsiveness and discernment, of which there can be more than one type” (Kirschner, S. R. 2011). Critical thinking is what makes an organization grow and become a better more established place of business.
Working with children there are always opportunities to thinking critically. It is very rare a day goes exactly like it is planned. Most of the time there are bumps in our schedule whether it be dues to a child getting sick or a last minute birthday snake a parent forgot to mention.   Children also learn on different levels. Where on kind may be able to hear an example of a problem and figure out how to solve a problem identical to it another child may need to see it wrote down and figured out step by step.
Working with children and learning that each of them has their own way of learning has opened up many doors for teachers and leader in the child care business to think critically. “Most teachers and learners are of the view that critical thinking is difficult to master since it is a culturally based concept” (Rafik-Galea & Shameem 2007). However in the teaching field critical thinking is important. A few months back I ran into an issue with teach a few of our students what seemed to be to most, simple math problems. I explained, wrote, sent home sheets, did everything I could think of to help them understand. Nothing I did seemed to help so I decided to make math more personal. At 7 years old most children are not too interested in money so I knew using that was not an option. However at 7 years old most children are interested in animals. So I went to a local pet store and barrowed the funniest looking insects I could find....