How Do You Teach Critical Thinking Skills To Adults?
Critical thinking skills are beneficial to both young and old students. They help both in and outside of the classroom. While young students can often approach the learning of critical thinking in a more theoretical manner, many adult students appreciate a more hands-on and realistic approach to learning critical thinking skills. Teaching critical thinking skills to adults should be grounded in reality and should illustrate the benefits of critical thinking in everyday life. Establish a set of common critical thinking and logical concepts. Include terms such as value assumption, descriptive assumption, fallacy, argument, premises, conclusion, validity, soundness and other such concepts. Define each concept and provide clear examples. Introduce common and accessible problems for discussion that require your students to either pick a side or make a decision. For example, should men and women receive equal treatment in the military? The issue or problem should be divisive and lend itself
