SAE 3701
ASSIGNMENT 3
Question 1
1. Help students identify their interests and abilities
• Support students in setting personal learning goals
• Facilitate student involvement and learning in decision-making regarding their own
learning and the use of power and responsibility in the classroom and school
• Create a culture of care and community where students learn to support one another
and take responsibility for the well being of each other and the total community
• Facilitate students learning together in a diverse groups where they learn how to
value contributions of others and manage productive group work
• Teach students who are functioning at many differing levels of ability together in
heterogeneous mixes
• Assess student skills and learning styles to facilitate learning and promote personal
excellence.
2. Critical thinking is essentially the ability to objectively think, analyse and evaluate an
issue or an idea to form an informed opinion. Critical thinkers do not just follow the
crowd, but rather make up their own informed opinions with solid evidence and
arguments to support an idea. They rely on their ability to engage in reflective and
independent thinking. Enhancing a student’s critical thinking skills is particularly
essential in a liberal education model, which believes in teaching students how to
think and not what to think.
1. Enhancing creativity and curiosity: A student who is encouraged to be a critical
thinker invariably develops a sense of curiosity of happenings around him/her. A
strong and genuine sense of curiosity leads to students wanting to analyse and
, assimilate information and events. In the process, they form their own informed
ideas, mostly out-of-the-box ones, that in turn improves their creativity. Creativity is
a skill that all critical thinkers will dally with in their professional and personal life.
In the process of finding answers in a logical and rational manner, they will usually
be able to get their creative juices flowing.
2. Promoting self-assertion and self-reflection: Critical thinking is essentially self-
disciplined, self-monitored, and self-corrective thinking. When one thinks critically,
it is done is a selfdirected manner. There is an internalization of the issue at hand
and a deep understanding of it in an objective fashion. Critical thinking is at the
forefront of learning, as it aids a student reflect and understand their points of views.
This skill helps a student figure out how to make sense of the world, based on
personal observation and understanding. It makes learners self-assertive and
confident as they know that the outcome is the result of a thought process that yields
results. Students also gain confidence and the ability to learn from mistakes both of
which are crucial in their personal and professional lives.
3. Boosting career prospects: Critical thinking is not confined to the classroom. In the
aftermath of COVID-19, the new economy places a lot of demand on a flexible
workforce and employee’s ability to analyse information from various sources and
come up with ingenuous solutions towards the same. An employee with strong
critical thinking skills will be valued in a fast-changing workplace.
4. Nurturing problem-solvers and innovators: One of the by-products of critical
thinking skills
is the ability to analyse and look at problems in a creative and constructive method.
Critical thinkers are invariably good problem solvers. A good critical thinker will be
able to separate facts from opinions and fiction and examine the issue from all angles
before making rational decisions towards solving a problem. They will also be able to
produce bias free solutions to problems, a fact that is crucial to note in the
employment arena. As universal challenges like global warming, pollution,
pandemics, continue to plague the world, youngsters of today who will become the
leaders of tomorrow – will be expected to take the mantle of finding effective
solutions. Critical thinkers will engineer creative and lasting solutions.
5. Fostering allied life skills: Critical thinking fosters allied life skills such as
organizational skills, planning, open-mindedness, communication skills among
others. Being a life skill by itself, critical thinking enables you to take on challenges
in the personal and professional world with ease. It encourages confidence and
independence, thereby shaping successful lives. As a critical thinker, one will learn
from their mistakes, thereby notching up their productivity in all spheres of life. As
ASSIGNMENT 3
Question 1
1. Help students identify their interests and abilities
• Support students in setting personal learning goals
• Facilitate student involvement and learning in decision-making regarding their own
learning and the use of power and responsibility in the classroom and school
• Create a culture of care and community where students learn to support one another
and take responsibility for the well being of each other and the total community
• Facilitate students learning together in a diverse groups where they learn how to
value contributions of others and manage productive group work
• Teach students who are functioning at many differing levels of ability together in
heterogeneous mixes
• Assess student skills and learning styles to facilitate learning and promote personal
excellence.
2. Critical thinking is essentially the ability to objectively think, analyse and evaluate an
issue or an idea to form an informed opinion. Critical thinkers do not just follow the
crowd, but rather make up their own informed opinions with solid evidence and
arguments to support an idea. They rely on their ability to engage in reflective and
independent thinking. Enhancing a student’s critical thinking skills is particularly
essential in a liberal education model, which believes in teaching students how to
think and not what to think.
1. Enhancing creativity and curiosity: A student who is encouraged to be a critical
thinker invariably develops a sense of curiosity of happenings around him/her. A
strong and genuine sense of curiosity leads to students wanting to analyse and
, assimilate information and events. In the process, they form their own informed
ideas, mostly out-of-the-box ones, that in turn improves their creativity. Creativity is
a skill that all critical thinkers will dally with in their professional and personal life.
In the process of finding answers in a logical and rational manner, they will usually
be able to get their creative juices flowing.
2. Promoting self-assertion and self-reflection: Critical thinking is essentially self-
disciplined, self-monitored, and self-corrective thinking. When one thinks critically,
it is done is a selfdirected manner. There is an internalization of the issue at hand
and a deep understanding of it in an objective fashion. Critical thinking is at the
forefront of learning, as it aids a student reflect and understand their points of views.
This skill helps a student figure out how to make sense of the world, based on
personal observation and understanding. It makes learners self-assertive and
confident as they know that the outcome is the result of a thought process that yields
results. Students also gain confidence and the ability to learn from mistakes both of
which are crucial in their personal and professional lives.
3. Boosting career prospects: Critical thinking is not confined to the classroom. In the
aftermath of COVID-19, the new economy places a lot of demand on a flexible
workforce and employee’s ability to analyse information from various sources and
come up with ingenuous solutions towards the same. An employee with strong
critical thinking skills will be valued in a fast-changing workplace.
4. Nurturing problem-solvers and innovators: One of the by-products of critical
thinking skills
is the ability to analyse and look at problems in a creative and constructive method.
Critical thinkers are invariably good problem solvers. A good critical thinker will be
able to separate facts from opinions and fiction and examine the issue from all angles
before making rational decisions towards solving a problem. They will also be able to
produce bias free solutions to problems, a fact that is crucial to note in the
employment arena. As universal challenges like global warming, pollution,
pandemics, continue to plague the world, youngsters of today who will become the
leaders of tomorrow – will be expected to take the mantle of finding effective
solutions. Critical thinkers will engineer creative and lasting solutions.
5. Fostering allied life skills: Critical thinking fosters allied life skills such as
organizational skills, planning, open-mindedness, communication skills among
others. Being a life skill by itself, critical thinking enables you to take on challenges
in the personal and professional world with ease. It encourages confidence and
independence, thereby shaping successful lives. As a critical thinker, one will learn
from their mistakes, thereby notching up their productivity in all spheres of life. As
