Category: Critical Thinking

I kept this critical thinking at last as an option of my life classes, because I thought that it may be heavy and overwhelming. But after attending these two days sessions I got to know that critical thinking is a disciplined process of thinking where we need to think by keeping our biases aside. In this session, we discussed Sushant Singh’s death mystery, in which we thought from different angles. Then we discussed two types of thinking fast thinking and slow thinking, after that, we discussed the five steps of critical thinking and in the second session we discussed the research task on Homeopathy, through this task we tuned into biases, that affect our life or decisions that we make. The activities and the tasks helped us to analyze everything from all the perspective and how to use it in our daily lives. The sessions were very much engaging and interesting, I am eagerly waiting for the next sessions.

Critical Thinking: Critical thinking is the ability to think clearly and rationally, understanding the logical connection between ideas. The mind’s processes have two distinct systems: System 1 is the brain’s fast, automatic, intuitive approach. system 2 activity is activated when we do something that does not come naturally and requires some sort of conscious mental exertion. While people like to believe that they are rational and logical, the fact is that people are continually under the influence of cognitive bias. Types Of Cognitive Bias: The Confirmation Bias, The Hindsight Bias, The Anchoring Bias, The Misinformation Effect, The Actor-Observer Bias, The False Consensus Effect, The Halo Effect, The Self-Serving Bias, The Availability Heuristic, The Optimism Bias. I enjoyed a lot in critical thinking classes and learn so many thing. There were many activities that made me engaged in the sessions. All participants have shared and enjoyed. I will wait for the next critical thinking life class. I will apply these critical thinking knowledge in my life. Thanks Tabassum ma’am and Sarika Agarwal ma’am. 🙂

શરૂના બે દિવસ નો અનુભવ ખૂબ જ સરસ અને રોમાંચક રહ્યો હતો. બંને દિવસ ની સરુવાત ખુબજ સરસ પ્રવૃત્તિ થી કરવા માં આવી હતી. આ બને દિવસ માં, જીવન માં આપણા રોજિંદા વિચારો અને મુદ્દાઓ નો ખૂબજ સ્પષ્ટ અને સંક્ષિપ્ત રીતે, સરળતાથી કેવી રીતે સંચાર કરવો જોઈએ તે શીખવા અને જાણવા મળ્યું.

In this two days I learnt more about Critical Thinking and I would like to thank Kinjal ma’am and Khushboo ma’am to spread the knowledge with explicate examples. System 1 and System 2 is better way to think critical. Critical thinking help to understand and assess a situation based on all the facts and information available. After listening about Critical thinking I came to understand that it can help identify and address workflow inefficiencies, improve management techniques, guide financial decisions and cultivate a strategic mindset in almost any position.

Critical thinking… what do I have to learn to be a critique now??

And I was hoping to have sessions full of heavy gyaan, a lot of reading, and reflecting.  But to my surprise, the engagements and provocations were such that, I was actually looking forward to more. I found the sessions interesting while learning about the importance of critical thinking in life. Through analyzing various situations, listening to multiple perspectives, questioning all the possible outcomes to solve a problem was an enriching process. I learned the wonderful tool with a five-step process that increases the number of positive choices we make. It helps us to look through a sea of information and find what we’re looking for. It has the power to make the world a more reasonable place. Another interesting learning was about different types of biases and the best part was when I was identifying my own biases. I am hoping to see myself applying my learning from these sessions and I am happy that I learning to become a critique of my own thinking.

Looking forward to more such sessions!!! Can’t wait to Murder My Darling 😉

The first two days of the ‘Critical thinking’ life class were really nice, I enjoyed the learning. We learnt about confirmation bias and cognitive bias. We also did a research and reflected on the same. I liked the strategies use during the class like group task, individual task, quizzes etc. Our facilitators Tabassum Ashraff and Sarika Agarwal are friendly!

पहले मुझे लगता था की Critical Thinking का अर्थ किसी भी चीज़ में गलतियाँ ढूँढना हैं परन्तु Life class में मुझे पता चला की किसी बात पर गहन अध्यन करना Critical Thinking करना होता है | हमने साथियों के जीवन के उदाहरणों से बहुत कुछ सीखा | मैंने सीखा कि अक्सर हम bias होकर अपने निर्णय लेते हैं | जब हम कोई भी निर्णय ले तो उससे पहले हमें अच्छे से research करनी चाहिए |

As I started with critical thinking life class a day back, I thought it would be a lot of heavy talks and I would really be mentally drained at the end of the day.  But the engagements and provocation really helped me understand the content covered in a better manner and I did not feel tired but active and learned how to question my thoughts/beliefs about ideas. The group members sharing their experiences along with the guidance from facilitators enabled me to think, analyze, question my thoughts and experiences. I understood different perspectives and sometimes the reasons behind those perspectives. Discussions related to the different biases made me identify a few of my biases as well and understand where they come from and also how I can make changes to the same.

I enjoyed the rich discussions happening in these two days and looking forward to the classes to come to explore and understand further.

After attending two days life class, I can understand the importance of critical thinking throughout our life which is helpful to take our decisions. When we take all the steps of critical thinking then the situation is more crystal clear and may be our opinion can be change and you can understand other’s perspectives. There is no place to believe blindly on any thing. To be stress free and to secure our life we should not get into where the crowd is moving. We should pause and think then to move.

Every year when I start the 1st life class, I enter with some idea and I leave with a better understanding of the same idea. I feel critical thinking is something I use almost everyday in my life. But I am excited to understand it better and use it more effectively.

The one thing about life class that can make it and break it for me are the kinds of discussions that happen. And after today I can say that we are surely going to enjoy it  immensely.

Looking at different types of biases and looking for them in my everyday life was an interesting task. I actually had to dig deeper and think critically to make connections.

Looking forward to attend the rest of the sessions!!1