How to develop your critical thinking as a youth?
Critical Thinking, an important skill in the real working environment and for students, is one of the essential skills in the 21st century.
To be good at creative ideas, engaging in self-reflection, analysing right and wrong, it is the initial and major component to have good critical thinking skills.
Therefore, let’s read this article to know what the ways are to improve critical thinking skills.
1) Form Your Own Opinions
Everyone has their own unique ideas and conceptions, and never assume other people’s opinions are always right. For example, the classroom teacher assigns the topic and discusses it with your colleague. As a group discussion, everyone exchanges their own ideas and perspectives. You should participate actively in your own ideas and opinions frankly rather than just nodding and accepting others’ proposals.
2) Research Deeper
In the digital age, everything can be found effortlessly through online search engines. As a youth, you should do more research. Besides, according to your learning subjects, you should search for additional information and knowledge rather than memorising information from a textbook to broaden your perspectives. In accordance with your research skills, you can discover the facts that you would like to, and gain extra knowledge.
3) Identify the Problem
Whether you are students or business owners, instead of thinking and worrying about the problem in advance, you should figure out the main source only when it happens and contemplate how to deal with it. Moreover, at the time of thinking and making decisions, you should take into account other points of view in addition to your own perception.
4) Active Listening & Ask Questions
Significantly, audiences should pay attention and focus on being aware clearly of what message the speaker would like to give you at the public webinar or seminar. At the same time your brain needs to think clearly rather than their speeches. Never hesitate to ask questions or make more inquiries about something while you are listening. Such curiosity and eagerness to know something is the feature of most critical thinkers, so have the courage to ask anything if you want to know.
5) Evaluate your mental process
Taking care of your mind is necessary because if the physical and mental health are being well, your brain can work proficiently. According to the researchers, there are two ways to reduce stress and maintain a healthy mental status. The first one is meditation, and the other is reading books. But, it is not guaranteed that you can reduce stress only by using these ways, so you can explore other things that you prefer. The most important thing is to have a happy and clear mind, therefore, the brain will produce creative ideas and work well.
We firmly believe that the effective methods mentioned to develop critical thinking will be beneficial for everyone. We will be sharing such knowledgeable facts from the Hype Think Education website later. Please stay tuned, like and see first to ensure to catch up updates.
Translator by Thandar Oo
