I blame this on Filipinos’ worsening critical thinking skills. The Foundation for Critical Thinking defines critical thinking as “the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action.”In short, it is just the objective evaluation of an issue to form a judgment or conclusion. What is more concerning, however, is the decline of critical thinking from an already low base. For those with solid critical thinking skills, they can be further developed through training and practice. Employers can implement training programs and sustaining activities to improve, if not reverse, the critical thinking skill inventory of their workforce.

Source: Manila Times March 07, 2018 17:15 UTC