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There are two types of thinking; Critical thinking and creative thinking. The two are not compatible, however, they are strongly linked, which offer complementary aspects to thinking and learning.
Critical thinking involves students to ‘judge’ or recognise and develop any subject, content or problem, use evidence to support the specific topic or argument, and provide reasoned solutions and conclusions. Critical thinking is associated with skills such as interpreting, analysing, evaluating, explaining, sequencing, reasoning, comparing, questioning, inferring, hypothesising, appraising, testing and generalising.
Creative thinking is the ability to create, produce or generate and apply new ideas in specific contexts, looking at existing situations in a new way, discovering alternative explanations, and expanding the field of discussion. Creative thinking includes combining parts to form something original, exploring and elevating ideas to discover possibilities, constructing theories and objects, and acting on intuition. Brainstorming is only one of the techniques used in creative thinking. This works by incorporating someone else’s idea with your own to create a new one. Creative thinking is less ordered, structured and predictable as you are not only just looking for ‘one’ answer, but being able to expand and create new ideas. It is about thinking outside the box.
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