“The essence of independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.” Critical thinking occurs when students are analysing, evaluating, interpreting, or synthesizing information and applying creative thought to form an argument, solve a problem, or reach a conclusion. 樂 As an important element for modern education, Critical Thinking  actively engages students and makes them ask questions, value judgements, and try to figure things out if they don’t make sense. As a part of the series of presentations on various pedagogies suggested by NEP 2020, the seventeenth session demonstrated the ways in which this pedagogy could be implemented at each stage i.e. pre-primary, primary, middle school and secondary through various critical thinking activities in Science, English and Social Studies. It was an informative and engaging session, exploring the different ways in which critical thinking could be included in classrooms in an exceptional presentation presented by️ Ms Avinash Kaur, Dr Champa Maurya and Saurabh Khetan under the leadership of Ms Shaila Pandey." Watch video - https://youtu.be/SrNIU1EyRyQ

1. Presented by
Ms Avinash Kaur
Dr Champa Maurya
Mr Sourabh Khetan
Ms Shaila Bajpai Pandey

4. Critical thinking in relation to NEP
 Education Policy lays particular emphasis on the
development of the creative potential of each
individual. It is based on the principle that education
must develop not only cognitive capacities - both the
‘foundational capacities ’of literacy and numeracy and
‘higher-order’ cognitive capacities, such as critical
thinking and problem solving – but also social, ethical,
and emotional capacities and dispositions

5. What Critical Thinking ‘is not’
 Sceptical Vs. Critical Thinking
 Inquiry Vs. Critical Thinking
 Inquisitive vs Indisciplined

6. Critical Thinking

16. Spot the Difference

17. Poetry Sketch-Activity

18. Case Study

20. Problem of electricity faced by
villagers or people living in remote
area

21. Different ways to solve the problem
on the basis of critical thinking

22. Research carried out by student
with the help of teacher or expert

23. Stepping towards bright future

24. To check the content in the
container

26. Fungi-Micro organism

29. What were the characteristics of
these ancient civilisations
 Autocracy
 Wars
 Rule through brutality
 Slavery, exploitation etc.
 Capital punishment and blood shed
 Taxes taken from the tax payers

34. Rowan Atkinson