Thinking
skill is an integral and important part of teaching and learning. It allows
separating different aspects of thinking and opportunity for creativity and
emotion in the decision making. Some of the thinking tools that I already know
are scampers, six thinking hat, thinkers keys and other graphic organisers like
concept map, fish bone diagram, 5Ws flower and mind map. All these thinking
tools are very much beneficial for the students as it supports active process
of cognitive processing which makes a child for better learning.
It is
vital for the teachers to give learners the time and opportunity to talk about
thinking process, to make their own thought process more explicit to reflect on
their strategies and thus gain more self- control. Thinking skill can be taught
can be learned and it can be improved. To improve the thinking skills teacher
must be a facilitator instead of lecturer so that child can construct their
knowledge.
Furthermore,
there are certain benefits for the teacher as well as the student. Teacher
feels comfortable and time saving if she/he could design an activity with help
of these thinking tools. On the other hand students can learn the learning
concept as it shows the specific direction at a time rather than going to
different directions. Students also get more chance to build up their knowledge
instead of limiting and narrow downing their mind. Moreover, the thinking
skills enhance to avoid unnecessary information and it shows a path way to
reach the certain goal. When they develop critical thinking it does not allows
only the child to learn but it helps a child to solve problems when it arise in
real life situation. Furthermore,
it allows separating out the different aspects of thinking and allows the
opportunity for creativity and emotions in the decisions in the decision
making. Next, it avoids confusion to do one thing at a time and speed up the
process which saves every one time. Finally, it increases creative and
innovative performance of the child.
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