Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking

Introduction

Benjamin Bloom began working on the development of educational goals which include knowledge and understanding, analysis, application and evaluation of concepts. These goals led to greater focus on the early development of critical thinking skills in education. The efforts to make a holistic education possible gained momentum after the 1948 Convention of the American Psychological Association (APA). According to Lipman (2003), the school becomes a battleground for supremacy of control, since it caters to numerous social groups and produces the future of society (Lipman, 2003). Introducing critical thinking skills is an issue that needs to be considered seriously since ...