2_1_THINGKING SKILLS

2_1_THINGKING SKILLS

1. DEFINION

   • COGNITIVE PROCESSESS WHICH INVOLVE THE APPLICATION OF MENTAL AND INTELLECTUAL ABILITIES TO MAKE SENSE OF EXPERIENCE
     • CONCEPT OF RIGHT BRAIN
       • MORE DOMINANT IN PERFORMING TASKS INVOLVING EMOTION AND CREATIVITY SUCH INVOLVING MUSIC,COLOUR,IMAGES, INSTITUTION,INTUITIVE, THOUGHTFUL AND SUBJECTIVE
     • CONCEPT OF LEFT BRAIN
       • INVOLVE LOGIC, LANGUAGE, CRITICAL THINKING, ANALYTICAL THINGKING,NUMBERS, MORE LOGICAL, ANALYTICAL AND OBJECTIVE

2. CRITICAL THINKING

   • THE ABILITY TO THIINK CRITICALLY INVOELVS ATTITUDE,KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
     • THE EFFECTIVE WAY TO APPLY CRITICAL THINGKING
       • IDENTIFICATION OF PROBLEMS
       • GENERATION OF MEANS AND ALTERNATIVES TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES
       • GATHERING AND ORGANIZING INFORMATION
       • IDENTIFICATION OF UNSTATED VALUES AND ASSUMPTIOND
       • EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
       • DATA INTERPTATION
   • CHARACTERISTICS OF CRITICAL THINKER
     • INQUISITIVE CRITICAL,ASK PERTINENT QUESTIONS AND RAISE PROBLEMS IN CLEAR,WELL ARTICULATED AND PRECISE MANNER
     • SEEKS TO UNDERSTAND ISSUES BY GATHERING ANDASSESING RELEVANT FACTS AND INFORMATION
     • COMES OUT WITH WELL THOUGHT AND VALIDATED CONCLUSIONS AND SOLUTION
     • EXPLORES ALL POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES,THEIR IMPACT AND CONSEQUENCES AND REPERCUSSIONS
     • COMMUNICATION AND CONSULTS WITH OTHERS TO FIND THE BEST POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
   • INTELLECTUAL STANDARDS FOR CRITICAL THINGKING
     • CLARITY:
       • CLEARNESS OF THINGKING THAT MAKES AN IDEA OR STATEMENT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND
     • ACCURACY
       • HOW TRUE THE IDEA OR STATEMENT
     • PRECISION
       • HOW SPECIFIC AND DETAILED THE IDEA OR STATEMENT
     • DEPTH
       • TO WHAT EXTENT DOES THE IDEA DEAL WITH THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE ISSUE
     • FAIRNESS
       • FAIR, OBJECTIVE AND UNBIASED IN OUR THINKING
   • STEPS
     • KNOWLEDGE
       • BASIC,MINIMUM AND FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE ENABLE ONE APPRECIATE AND UNDERSTAND ATHOUGHT OR IDEA OF AN ISSUE IN QUESTION
     • COMPREHENSION
       • ABILITY OF ONE TO RELATE THE IDEA TO THE PRIOR ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
     • APPLICATION
       • TASK APPLYING THE NEW THOUGHT IDEA OR KNOWLEDGE ONE HAS ACQUIRED FRO HIS OR HER READING
     • ANALYSIS
       • ANALYSING THE IDEA OF EACH COMPONENT PART THAT FORMS THE IDEA
     • SYNTHESIS
       • TASK PROCESSING,SYNTHESIZING AND INTEGRATING THE COMPONENT PARTS OF IDEA WITH OTHER INFORMATION TO FORM NEW KNOWLEDGE
     • EVALUATION
       • APPARAISING OR ASSESSING THE INFORMATION TO HELP IN DECISION MAKING

3. CREATINE THINKING

   • THE THINKING ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT ENABLES ONE TO RAISE THE THINKING TO A HIGHER LEVEL
   • THE PHASES
     • THINKING ANALYSIS
     • THINKING ASSESSMENT
     • THINKING UPGRADING
   • IMPORTANCE OF CREATIVE THINKING
     • CREATIVE THINKING OPENS US TO MANY POSSIBILITIES I.E INVENTIONS AND INNOVATIONS
     • CREATIVE PEOPLE COME UP WITH NOVEL IDEAS, NEW WAYS AND APPROACHES THAT HAVE NUMEROUS IMPACT ON INVENTION,SOLVE PROBLEMS AND MAKE DECISION
   • CHARACTERISTICS OF CREATIVE PEOPLE
     • NOT AFRAID TO TAKE RISK
     • HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOUR
     • EMOTIONAL SENSITIVE
     • SENSITIVE TO BEAUTY
     • NON-CONFORMING
   • STEPS IN CREATIVE THINKING
     • DEFER JUDGEMENT WHEN LOOKING FOR IDEAS
     • THINK OF AND COME UP WITH ALL POSSIBLE IDEAS AND OPTIONS
     • NOTE DOWN, LIST DOWN AND RECORD ALL IDEAS IN PROPER WRITTEN FORM
     • CONSTANTLY ELABRATE AND IMPROVE ON THOUGHTS OR IDEAS
     • GIVE SOME SPACE AND TIME FOR OUR MIND TO COME UP WITH IDEAS AND NURTURE THEM

4. LATERAL THINKING

   • UNCONVENTIONAL PROBLEM SOLVING METHOD, WHICH EMPLOYS AN INDIRECT AND CRATIVE TECHNIQUE
     • PROMOTES USE OF REASONING AND IDEAS THAT MAY NOT SEEM TO BE RELEVANT AND APPROPRIATE IN THE BEGINNING
   • LATERAL THINKING TOOLS
     • IDEA GENERATING TOOLS
       • USED TO BREAK THE STATUS QUO AND EXISTING THINKING PATTERS BY CHALLENGING AND PROVOKING IDEAS AND GENERATING ALTERNATIVES
     • FOCUS TOOLS
       • USED TO ASSITS IN FOCUSING ON WHERE TO SEACRH FOR NEW IDEA
     • HARVEST TOOLS
       • USED TO MANAGE THE IDEA OUTPUT AND MAXIMIZE THE VALUE RECEIVED FROM IDEA OUTPUT FOR THE LONG TERM
     • TREATMENT TOOLS
       • USED TO STRENGTHEN IDEAS BY LOOKING AT THE VIABILITY OF THE IDEAS, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE CURRENT AND FUTURE CONSTRAINTS, RESOURCES AND SUPPORT

5. MIND MAPPING

   • CREATIVE METHOD OF ORGANIZING THOUGHTS AND IDEAS
   • USE OF VISUAL AND GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF IDEAS SENSITIZES AND STIMULATES THE THINKING PROCESS IN A SEQUENTIAL, ORDERLY, ORGANIZED AND SYSTEMATIC MANNER