1. “Critical thinking is a desire to seek, patience to doubt, fondness to meditate, slowness to assert, readiness to
consider, carefulness to dispose and set in order; and hatred for every kind of imposture.” – Francis Bacon

2. DEFINITION:
Critical Thinking –
the mental process of actively and
skillfully conceptualizing, applying,
analyzing, synthesizing, and
evaluating information to reach an
answer or conclusion.

3. IMPORTANCE:
Critical thinking helps you:
• Reason effectively
• Use systems thinking
• Make judgments and decisions
• Solve problems

4. APPLICATION TO 21ST CENTURY
EDUCATION
Critical thinking can be applied to 21st
century education by identifying and
asking significant questions that clarify
various points of view and lead to better
solutions.
Making complex choices and decisions is
another way that 21st century education
can be applied to 21st century education.
(You’ll see an example of this in a moment)

5. APPLICATION:
Fallout Shelter
Scenario

6. ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY:
Instead of using technology to
drill for memory, we should use
it to promote higher order of
thinking, such as cognitive
skills of analysis, synthesis,
and evaluation.

7. WORKS CITED:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/critical+thinking
http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/03/the-importance-of-logic-critical-
thinking/
http://p21.org/overview/skills-framework/260
http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Critical_Thinking/
http://www.bestteachersinstitute.org/id98.html