Creative vs Critical Thinking.pdf

Informative ppt regarding creative and critical thinking

1. Creative vs Critical
Thinking
By: “The Mind Benders”

2. What Is Thinking???

3. Thinking
The process of considering or reasoning about something.

6. Introduction to Critical Thinking
•The ability to think critically about a matter –to analyze a question,
situation or problem down to its most basic parts –is what helps us evaluate
the accuracy and truthfulness of statements, claims, and information.

7. Definition of Critical Thinking
•Disciplined thinking that is clear, rational, open-minded, and informed by
evidence.

8. Importance of Critical Thinking
•Important in new knowledge economy.
•Enhance language and presentation skills.
•Promotes creativity.
•Crucial for self reflection.
•Domain-general thinking skill.
•Foundation of science and a liberal democratic society.

10. There are five steps of critical thinking process
•Identify the problem
•Gather information
•Evaluate the evidence
•Consider the solution
•Chose and implement

12. Introduction to Creative Thinking
•Creative thinking involves to generate and apply new ideas in specific
contexts, seeing existing situations in a new way or making new links that
generate a positive outcome.

13. Definition of Critical Thinking
•Creative thinking is the ability to come up with unique, original solutions.

14. Creative Thinking Process

15. •Preparation
•Incubation
•Illumination
•Validation

16. Critical Thinking vs Creative Thinking
Critical Thinking Creative Thinking
It seeksto worth or validity of something already
exists.
It tries to create something new.
Critical Thinking is analytical. Creative Thinking isgenerative.
Itis focused on probabilities. It is focusedon posibbilities.
It involves left brain. It involves right brain.
It is sequential. It is imaginative.
It is objective. It issubjective.
It relies on reasoning. It relies on speculating.

17. It is reality based. It is fantasy based.
It is judgmental. It is non judgmental.
It is close ended. It is openended.
Criticalthinkers are Pattern users. Creativethinkers are Pattern seekers.