Thinking Skills

Equipping our future leaders

M. Awais Yaqoob

(University of engineering and Technology, Lahore)

Presentation RoadmapPresentation Roadmap

•Introduction•Warm up•Why do we need Thinking Tools?•Evaluative Thinking•Home work

Can you guess?Can you guess?

• Which country…………………• Which city……………………….• Which month…………………..• What time of day…………….• What day of the week…….• Which year………………………

Evidence

Can you complete the sentence?

• The……….surgeon was………. to operate as there was………..

• no table

By • looking intently • reading carefully • listening purposefully

How did you find the answers?How did you find the answers?

You used your Observation Skills

Your ability to observe is one of

your most important thinking

tools

Every day we’re faced with choices and decisions

What to do What not to doWhat to believeWhat not to believe

Every day we’re faced with choices and decisions

What to do What not to doWhat to believeWhat not to believe

Why do we need Thinking Tools?Why do we need Thinking Tools?

• Khaalis he sub kuch hai

• Ufone tumhi tou ho• Coke –is the real

thing• Itna khalis jitna pyar

• Khaalis he sub kuch hai

• Ufone tumhi tou ho• Coke –is the real

thing• Itna khalis jitna pyar

• Boycott goods from country X

• Don’t use your mobile phone while driving

• Avoid mosquitoes at dawn and dusk

• Don’t use gas heaters-wear warm clothes

• FA/FSc exams from 3 March 09

• The world will end in 2012

• Boycott goods from country X

• Don’t use your mobile phone while driving

• Avoid mosquitoes at dawn and dusk

• Don’t use gas heaters-wear warm clothes

• FA/FSc exams from 3 March 09

• The world will end in 2012

• Distinguishing facts from opinions• Distinguishing definite from indefinite

conclusions• Challenging the reliability of a claim• Distinguishing relevant from irrelevant

information• Considering other points of view

Evaluative Thinking

Distinguishing Facts from OpinionsDistinguishing Facts from OpinionsFacts

Ask yourself

• Does this statement contain words like is,was, has,does?

• Have the things in this statement actually happened or are they happening now?

• Is this statement by a reputable authority

• Could this statement be proven experimentally or with evidence?

Ask yourself

• Does this statement contain words like is,was, has,does?

• Have the things in this statement actually happened or are they happening now?

• Is this statement by a reputable authority

• Could this statement be proven experimentally or with evidence?

OpinionsAsk yourself

• Does the statement contain words such as could,may,might,possibly,

predict or should?• Does this statement relate

to the feelings of someone?Activity

Ask yourself

• Does the statement contain words such as could,may,might,possibly,

predict or should?• Does this statement relate

to the feelings of someone?Activity

Considering Other Points of ViewConsidering Other Points of View

Sometimes people• See only their point of view• Don’t want to hear why the other

person believes something else A good thinker is more tolerant and

is prepared to listen to the other point of view

Sometimes people• See only their point of view• Don’t want to hear why the other

person believes something else A good thinker is more tolerant and

is prepared to listen to the other point of view

What can you see?

W

Read and Listen

What you should do to become a tolerant thinker

Last word

Respect Trust Care &

Integrity

Respect Trust Care &

Integrity