Skill Enhancement Course
Name: Jadeja Yoginiba Jagdishsinh
T.Y. B.A. Sem.5
Thursday, September 11, 2025
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Skill Enhancement Course
(class assignment)
Virtues of Critical Thinkers
Open minded nature:
A successful critical thinker can never be rigid or closeminded in his/her thinking. S/He can think of any issue from all possible ways and take a decision, without being emotional to the extent that it impedes a good decision making. Open mindedness also means receiving the valid ideas etc. from others even when it contradicts the opinion one held till thom Critical thinkers are open-minded and thus it is a biggest virtue.
Example:A person whp realized a deeply held belirf might flawed can be open-minded enough to learn from new information and adapt their views, rether than stubbronly clinging to their old ideas.
Habitually inquisitive-minded:
A successful critical thinker io eager and habitually inquisitive about understanding different things that may matter him/ her how-so-ever remotely connected i could be to his/her immediate life. He/she is a person with inquisitiveness about everything in his/her life. Inquisitive mind is indeed a big virtue of a critical thinker.
Example:The person is not content with commom knowledge but actively seeks out rare and less-known information to deepen their understanding of the past.
Truthful of reason:
Trutthis process they enhance the repertory of their information yoo activities becomes a way of life for them. It is easy fot us o revise old information and update new ones. This entre cyce & understand the consequences of such a way of life. Based on reasons. They believe in being those who talk sense based Trustful of reason: Successful critical thinkers trust any argument on reasons and logic. They attempt to convince others based on logic and they in turn can also be convinced based on reason and logic. They are less emotional and more rational and logical when comes to assessing a situation. They cannot be convinced based on illogical reasons or rumours.
Flexible:
Critical thinkers are not rigid in their thinking and the cannot afford to be so either. They attempt to understand a situation from different possible angles, weigh the strengths and weaknesses of every alternative, attempt to understand the he pros and cons of taking a decision from different perspectives. To all these, we all need to agree that one needs to be flexible in nature.
Fair-minded in evaluation: Since they are truth seekers and logiod driven in nature, they have to be obviously fair-minded in evaluatin: anything. They cannot afford to be either biased or prejudiced evaluating any situation. Their evaluations cannot be based o either emotions or gut feelings. Therefore, they are fair-mindedis their evaluation
Honest in facing personal biases:
Since critical thinkers are fair. Minded in evaluation, they have no hesitation in accepting and admitting their inadequacies and seeking advice from the specialists in case of necessities. Therefore, it becomes easy for them to be honest in facing personal biases, this is a sign ofa developing and reflective mind. Hence, this is a great virtue of critical thinkers.
Willing to reconsider:
Due to their flexible nature, they are amenable to reconsider their views on any issue. This is a sign of learner’s attitude. This ability can take them to greater heights. Even after a person is said to have concluded on an issue, one can revise his thinking and he will be willing to reconsider the issue afresh in another perspective based on other set of facts and logic.h seeker: A successful critical thinker is one who is intereste in seeking the truth. The ultimate objective for all critical thinkers to seek truth and live in tune with this. They attempt in all fairness to verify facts based on certain reliable sources. They seek truth before they form a conclusive opinion about anything. They are the people who attempt to convince others in a conversation and they can also be convinced easily if others have much stronger logic and facts. Therefore transactions with them become easy and rewarding. Perhaps this is a great virtue that could be seen in any civilised society.
Clear about issues:
The successful Critical Thinkers are clear about handling different issues that surround them. They do not suffer from conflicts for long as they are competent enough to resolve them quickly. In this process too, their conclusions are based on factual truth and logic only, not on emotions.
Not impulsive:
From the above-explained virtues, it is evident that critical thinkers cannot afford to be impulsive. In their thinking process, emotions cannot hijack logic. They conclude on different things based on sound logic and facts. Therefore, they are not impulsive in nature. They are not in a hurry to conclude their views.
Logical minded and do not lose temper in discussions:
As said bove, they are logical-minded people and they do not lose temper in discussions easily. They try to convince others if they think they can without losing their cool easily. Therefore, in discussions, they can be convinced easily if the other person is logical. This is a great virtue of a critical thinker.
Orderly in complex matters:
The strength of critical thinkers is their ability to organise and arrange even the complex issues systematically so that they can handle them well. In approaching them also, they are orderly in nature.
Diligent in seeking relevant information:
They are hard working, painstaking and intelligent enough to seek relevant information from authentic sources. This they do when they realise that they need to consult the right source. It could be books, people, newspaper or any source.
Do not hesitate in consulting expert opinions:
Successful critical thinkers do no hesitate to consult experts on seeking expert opinions.
Reasonable in selection of criteria:
Critical thinkers weigh pros and cons based on a set of criteria, which they develop for themselves. While developing this set of criteria.
Focused in inquiry:
In their process of inquiry of thinking about any issue they are not casual, but serious and in order to do that they need to be focused.
(Home assignment)
Characteristics of a creative thinking)
Characteristics of Creative Individuals:
Create individuals possess the following characteristics.
Unconventional: Creative people do not feel the need to conform to society’s standards. They often swim against the current and flow with their own way of thinking and living.
Individualistic:
Creative people want to find out what the truth is, and they have a strong need to decide for themselves what works and what does not.
Inventive:
Creative people live in the world of ideas, and don’t always have the best interpersonal skills.
Driven:
Creative people are almost compulsive until they car bring their internal vision into fruition. Ta passion to contribute to the beauty of the world.
Visionary:
Creative people have a guiding vision in their head, heart, and soul that they are often called to bring to life.
Intuitive:
Creative people are very much in touch with their inner selves. They pay attention to the signs, synchronicities, symbols around them, and make use of that information in their work.
Curiosity:
Display a great deal of curiosity about many things; are constantly adking questions about anything and everything may have broad interests in many unrelated areas. May 2 collections based on unusual things and interests.
Fluency: Generate a large number of ideas or solutions to problems and questions; often offer unusual ("way out"), uique, clever responses
Uninhabited:
Are often uninhibited in expressions of opirion, are sometimes radical and spirited in disagreement; are unusualy tenacious or persistent – fixating on an idea or project.
Risk taking:
Are willing to take risks, are often people who at described as a "high risk taker, or adventurous, or speculative."
Imaginative:
Display a good deal of intellectual playfulness; ess, may frequently be caught fantasizing, daydreaming or imagining.
Sense of Humour:
Display keen senses of humour and set humour in situations that may not appear to be humorous to others. Sometimes their humour may appear bizane, inappropriate, and irreverent to others.
Sensitive:
Exhibit heightened emotional sensitivity. May be very sensitive to beauty, and visibly moved by aesthetic experiences.
Non conformity:
Are frequently perceived as nonconforming accept disordered of chaotic environments or situations; frequently not interested in details, are described individualistic; or do not fear being classified as "different.
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Steps of Creative Thinking
The five steps of creatively are:Steps of creative thinking
1. Deferring judgment when looking for idens
2. Generate as many ideas as possible
3.List ideas as they occur and keep a written record
4 Constantly elaborate or improve on ideas
5. Allowing your subconscious to generate ideas by incubating their subject
Deferring judgment keeps the creative juices flowing. The moment we say to our self or our team… “dumb idea,” is the moment your mind or our team will stop producing those so called dumb ideas. Wait to decide which ideas are worth pursuing until we’ve generated lots of ideas…no matter how stupid or unrelated to the problem at first they may seem.
Generate as many ideas as possible fills the well. The more ideas, the better the odds that we’ll find something novel that works. Most of our ideas will end up on the cutting room floor but all it takes is one or two good ones.
List ideas as they occur and keep a written record. Creative ideas are flighty. They can disappear from your mind the moment you get distracted by the routines and distractions of the day. But more importantly, creative ideas often don’t look like they’re creative until combined with other, often dissimilar, ones. Bywriting down your ideas and musings we won’t lose them. Then we can mix, match, reshuffle and recombine them and see wha comes out at the end.
Generate helps you find novel combinations, mutations and Constantly elaborating or improving on the ideas we or our team surprises. Creative people look for alternative ways to think about a subject even when the old ways work well. Look for for and entertain different perspectives and ways of doing things.
Allowing subconscious to generate ideas by incubating on the subject. Einstein is often quoted as saying, “Why is it my best ideas come to me while taking my morning shower?” Your subconscious mind is constantly working but cannot be forced at times to produce. Good ideas need time to incubate. So work on na problem, generate ideas, then walk away and do so something completely different. Take a walk; go to a show; sculpt, paint, sing visit an art gallery; play ball; play with your kids…mix it up. Dosy think about the problem for some time. Then return to thinkins about the problem and try the four preceding steps again and s what new ideas emerge.
