Etymology of Critical Thinking

17th March 2016

Etymology of Critical Thinking is the topic that has been discussed for this week.

Based on the Greek word kritikos which means critic. It is derives from “critic” and implies a “critique” has the meaning “of judging”, “of judgement”, “for judging” and of being “able to discern/differentiate”.


Critical Thinking describes the process we use to uncover the assumptions. It is the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with a view to improve it. It is also a process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating information gathered from or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication as a guide to belief and action.

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 So, as for this week activity the task given is to create one horror story based on a given picture and each group has to present it or be a story teller and tell the story created to the whole class.