The application of Critical Thinking
This assessment is a combination of what you have learned about critical thinking and how this might then be applied to education and in particular, the English department, teaching the UK system, GCSE level and A-Levels. An example might be if you feel you have developed your critical understanding of how talk (Socratic thinking/talk) supports learning in a classroom you could take forward your discussion on how the theory has supported this understanding and how you may use it in future.
Don’t forget to look at how critical thinking has transformed your understanding of how arguments are constructed through critical approaches and how education/teachers may make more informed choices if they had more awareness of critical approaches. The work of Giroux or Freire is relevant here.
1.The piece should be 1000 words approx
2. It should be a mix of your reflections and theoretical positions that have informed the thinking.
3. Should say something about the benefits of critical think/theory to education.
4. You should support your discussion with reading from the module and readings of your choice in relation to your discipline.
