Developing critical thinking and open-mindedness

2. CRITICAL THINKING
•Critical thinking requires standards of
reasoning that involve analyzing,
discriminating, information seeking, logical
reasoning, predicting, and transforming
knowledge.

3. OPEN-MINDEDNESS
•Open-mindedness is the ability to be
receptive to new and different ideas and the
willingness to welcome the perceptions and
opinions of others.

4. YOU ARE OPEN-MINDED WHEN YOU:
•Listen politely to ideas and views that are different from yours.
•Respect opinions and do not ridicule an opinion different from yours.
•Try to understand and learn more about different beliefs.

5. •Accept your mistakes.
•Entertain and weigh different suggestion.
•Revise opinion based on evidence.
•Change position and decision based on reasoning.
YOU ARE OPEN-MINDED WHEN YOU:

6. RESPECT AND OPEN-MINDEDNESS
ARE THE KEY FACTORS TO A
HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIP.