The Importance of Critical and Creative Thinking

1. The Importance
of Critical and
Creative Thinking
BY MARVIN B. GONZAGA
BSED BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE

2. Let’s Tickle Your Brain Cells…..
 How many birthdays does the average man have?
 Some months have 31 days, how many have 28?
 Why can't a man living in the USA be buried in Canada?
 How many 2 cent stamps are in a dozen?
 A woman gives a beggar 50 cents, the woman is the beggar's sister, but
the beggar is not the woman's brother. How come?

3. Let’s distinguish….
Critical
Thinking
Creative
Thinking

4. Critical thought is necessary
for analyzing arguments and
for rational decision making
Creative Thinking is
necessary in order to
develop alternatives to
ways of life not considered
upon reflection to be
desirable

5. Technical Skill
A skill which can be taught
in the same way across a
number of contexts
without involving an
individual’s basic feelings,
beliefs, or motives in any
significant way.

6. Critical and Creative Thinking are NOT
Technical Skills!
They involve the will
or desire on the part of
the thinker.
 They are highly
dependent upon human
purpose.
 They take different
forms in different
disciplines or arts.

7. The
Teacher’s
Role
• Building learner’s understanding of
the concepts, skills, and processes
of various disciplines and fields
• Methods for constructing and
evaluating knowledge.

8. Thanks for Listening!
Mischief Managed!