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Why THINK?. The Importance of Thinking Skills. WHY THINK?. Because if you don’t – you’re a dumpling! Dumplings don’t think – they just get gobbled up!. WHY THINK?. Brick walls don’t think. Clouds don’t think. WHY THINK?. Animals think Thinking ensures they survive - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
WHY THINK?The Importance of Thinking Skills
WHY THINK?
Because if you don’t – you’re a dumpling! Dumplings don’t think – they just get gobbled up!
WHY THINK? Brick walls don’t think. Clouds don’t think.
WHY THINK? Animals think
Thinking ensures they survive
Though mostly they act instinctively
WHY THINK? Humans think Not just for survival Not just to eat Thinkers solve
problems that are making their lives difficult
Thinkers create new things that will make their lives better
WHAT IS THINKING? There are lots of
different types of thinking – but an easy definition is that it is “what your brain does”
INFORMATION PROCESSING Finding out
Listening
Reading
Looking
Recording
Remembering
REASONING Organising what you know Thinking things through Making connections Deduction Planning
ENQUIRING Asking questions –
which is a good thing Researching Trial and error
CREATING Applying imagination Coming up with “new
ideas” “Having a go”
EVALUATING Did it work? Is it any good? Did it fail – and why? Could it be improved?
HOW DO YOU GET BETTER AT THINKING? That’s easy ……
PRACTICE – PRACTICE - PRACTICE
HOW TO GET BETTER AT THINKING Listen
Observe
Brainstorm
Experiment
Discuss