《英语泛读教程》第2册 PPT Unit 2 Critical Thinking.ppt

Part 2 Our task: developing a critical society What is the task for us according to the writer? Why? Our task is to develop a critical society, that is, a society in which critical thinking is a major social value. Part 2 Our task: developing a critical society What is the task for us according to the writer? Why? Reasons: Current situation: Everyone thinks, but not everyone thinks about their thinking. Part 2 Our task: developing a critical society What is the task for us according to the writer? Why? Reasons: Current situation Importance of critical thinking: Critical thinking can enable a thinker to think regularly at a higher level than most people are capable of thinking, i.e., it can make your think more systematically and more comprehensively. . We need to think beyond cultures because our thinking is bound by a culture. Part 2 Our task: developing a critical society What is the task for us according to the writer? Why? Reasons: Current situation Importance of critical thinking Our future is dependent on whether we can raise our collective thinking so as to produce positive changes in societies across the world. Importance of a critical society: A critical society would transform every dimension of life and practice. Part 3 Developing a critical society: Barriers and standards of assessment What are the barriers to critical thinking? How to overcome them? What are the standards?to?assess?critical thinking? Part 3 Developing a critical society: Barriers and standards of assessment What are the barriers to critical thinking? How to overcome them? Barriers Human egocentricity, our tendency to think with ourselves at the center of the world Sociocentricity, our tendency to think within the confines of our social groups Self-delusion, our tendency to create pictures of the world that deceive us and others Part 3 Developing a critical society: Barriers and standards of assessment What are the barriers to critical thinking? How to overcome them? Barriers