Wednesday Oct 13th
Topic: Critical Thinking
For me, thinking critically is listening or reading a concept of XYZ and thinking about my interpretation of it. There are many ways to digest any information we receive everyday - in a dance environment or in life. Often we face conflict because we understand one thing differently to another. Receiving information, processing it and having my own understanding of what I've just seen/read or heard will allow me to think further. Once I've developed my own understanding around it, I'd be able to apply other theories or concepts to it. I'll be able to welcome different perspectives by others who's been exposed to the same.
This can lead to discussions, debates and/or mutual agreements and collaborations. But first, one must be ready to receive information, process and develop their own understanding of it.
In dance, I learn about numerous things all the time. Everyone's understanding of my teaching is different. Their speed in which they process what I teach differ from one person to another. I constantly come up with different methods to ensure I am able to cater to different abilities of students.
And in life, just the same. I walk into rooms with different individuals who are from numerous backgrounds and expertise.
We never stop learning.
Some reading from this week:
Developing critical thinking since the educational revolution gave rise to flourishing movements toward embedding critical thinking (CT henceforth) stimulating classroom activities in educational settings. Nevertheless the process faced with complications such as teachability potentiality, lack of practical frameworks concerning actualization of CT tasks, and transferability obstacles, as well as lack of a homogeneous model of conceptualization of CT among educators. The present study made an effort to represent a comprehensive model of CT for educators drawn on the contemporary literaturein order to indicate a uniform delineation of the construct and to offer a comprehensive model of CT for the intention of making boosting learners’ capability of CT possible.
Full Article: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1076013.pdf
Until Next Time,
Dils The Kandyan Dancer!
Well put Dilini. I like to think that all our thoughts and feelings about what we understand are all slightly different. Therefore promoting a broader knowledge x
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