Problem Solving and Critical Thinking are two skills that a good person should have. At present, these two skills take a special place among the things that employers expect from employees.
For example, the Top 10 competencies employers expect from graduates and Employability skills gaps are shown below.
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| Competencies expect from graduates |
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| Employability skills gaps |
👉 Model to Generate Critical Thinking
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| 3 stages of critical thinking |
In
this model you can use What? When? Who? and Where? Questions to better understand
your topic or subject in Description phase. If you apply this to reading you
may ask,
· What are the main points
the author is making?
· When was it written?
· Who is the author and
what are his other works?
· Where was it posted?
The questions Why? And How? Can help you look a bit deeper into the topic or issue this the analysis stage you may ask,
·
Why
the author is meeting their arguments?
·
How
the arguments are constructed?
The three questions What if? So what? and What next? can help you come to your own conclusions and make judgments about what you have read this is the evaluation stage by asking,
·
What
if you may consider the limitations of what you have read by asking so what you
can question the significance of what you?
·
What
next you can judge with this information?
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| Why critical thinking matters |