Stephen Brookfield on Critical and creative thinking

The video began with a brief introduction about Stephen Brookfield and the purpose of his presentation. In this case, the main topic was how to facilitate the critically and creatively thinking in the classroom in order to move students beyond their familiar framework.

Stephen Brookfield expressed his definitions about critical thinking and creative thinking.

The first is a process by which we become aware of the assumptions that frame the way we think about life decisions, we act and judgments.

Second, creative thinking allows you to view ideas from multiple viewpoints. It is used to moving outside the usual framework. In other words, who get this thinking is able to generate interpretations and responses that are different from average.

To communicate the idea of critical thinking, he used the word assumptions, there are three important types of assumptions: the causal that describes a sequence of historical events, the prescriptive about how things should happen, and paradigm common sense taken for granted.

Furthermore, he made allusion to the four key intellectual traditions useful to construct arguments and reinventing new ways of thinking.

Last but not least, he showed tools to improve the students' abilities in critical and creative thinking like workgroups of discussion and exercises with questions that facilitate participation.