Importance of Critical Thinking Skills for Personal and Professional Growth

This report analyzes the importance of critical thinking skills for personal and professional growth. It discusses the definition of skills, the role of critical thinking, and ways to improve critical thinking skills. The source used is Haber, J., (2020) Critical thinking. The MIT Press. London, England.

SKILLS
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INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
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INTRODUCTION
Skill development helps an individual to identify new ways of thinking and problem solving. It is
essential for an individual to continuously develop skills in order to be more confident and
perform roles and responsibilities in effective manner while assuring future growth and
development opportunities (Al-Zou’bi, 2021). Present report has been conducted on analysis of
one published source from the indicator learning list in the module descriptor. Along with this,
report include the manner in which one can improve own skills identified from the source.
MAIN BODY
Skills are basically defined as an ability to do something to perform an action while
executing task in an effective manner. In simple terms skills are basically an ability to utilise
self- knowledge in an effective manner and further execute them into performance. Skills play
most important role for an individual personal as well as professional growth through which they
can significantly enhance their confidence and can become more competitive in accomplishing
task. There are different types of skills for example communication skills, critical thinking skills,
team working skill, creativity skill, problem solving, leadership and more. These skills
significantly facilitate individual to perform roles and responsibilities in effective manner. It is
essential for an individual to improve skills on continuous basis and maximize their current skill
set in order to significantly enhance knowledge and improve productivity level. With the help of
enhancing skill person can lead towards gaining more developing opportunity and can further
increase their contribution level.
According to this source, Haber, J., (2020) Critical thinking. The MIT Press. London, England it
has been evaluated that critical thinking is being effectively cited as an important 21st century
skills. This source says that, this skill is playing important and crucial role in an individual
success in work and school. In addition to this, this source states that critical thinking skill is
important for the survival of a democratic society. This source effectively explains the manner in
which the concept of critical thinking is been emerging. After the analysis of the source, it has
been argued by Haber that, most important critical thinking issue today is that not enough people
are doing enough of it. Critical thinking can be effectively taught practiced and evaluated. This
source also state that it is essential to make learning of critical thinking and educational priority
in order to assure hair growth in practical reality. Thus, it has been evaluated that critical
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thinking skill is a future forward looking skill which is basically an intellectual disciplined
process of actively and skill fully analysing, applying, conceptualising, evaluating information
that are gathered. This skill effectively helps in enhancing critical thinking ability of an
individual through which they can undertake better decisions and can assure positive outcomes.
It has been identified that critical thinking many include understanding of the manner in which
individual can perform. With the help of this skill individual can effectively consider all the
alternative and can further conduct rational choices among those alternatives (Atanasiu, 2021).
This skill is playing important role in this modern society as it provides an ability to an
individual through which they can effectively identify analyse and solve systematically in an
effective manner rather than by instinct or institution.
According to me, this skill plays an important role and acts as core academic skills that
effectively teaches every individual to reflect on their own knowledge and information. With the
help of this skill person can effectively fulfil their goals in efficient manner while analysing
situation and promoting personal growth. With the help of this skill, I can effectively deal with
social, scientific as well as practical problem and can assure significant outcome. Critical
thinking skills significantly enhance research ability of an individual. This skill is playing
essential role in both academic and workplace context as with the help of this one can determine
situation and can engage in critical thinking and can further logically connect with the ideas. This
skill allow person to solve complex problems in a systematic manner. Furthermore, it has been
identified that critical thinking also allows me to enhance the effectiveness of my problem-
solving ability which is also an essential skill for an individual for future as well as present
prospect. This skill will effectively help me in acquiring more professional opportunities,
improve my decision-making process and encourage my self-reflection. According to the
selected source it has been identified that critical thinking effectively allow person to clearly
think in a systematic manner which also helps in improving language and presentation skill.
Critical thinking skills also allow person to effectively undertake use of information technology
that promotes creativity (ŽivkoviĿ, 2016). This skill is playing major role for career success and
also help individual to improve relationship, as being a critical thinking person can understand
perspective of other person in an effective manner and can further help them with open minded
approach.
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From the selected source, it has been learnt by me that critical thinking skills facilitate an
individual to perform roles and responsibilities with higher knowledge and confidence. This
source also state that critical thinking is essential for survival of a democratic society. In addition
to this it has been learnt by me from this source that there are different type of ways through
which critical thinking skills can be learned. This source provides guides for teachers, students
and aspiring critical thinkers in an effective manner. In context to this with the help of the source
I can effectively improve my own critical thinking skill with the help of conducting in-depth
research of the situation, gathering effective information of the problem and more. I can also
improve this skill while exploring different type of alternatives and further apply the appropriate
one. Critical thinking facilitates me to enhance my observation skill, reflection skill, reasoning
and communication skill in an effective manner, as in order to apply critical thinking it is
essential for me to apply different type of intellectual tools such as analysing, evaluating,
synthesizing and conceptualizing. With the use of these tools, I can effectively improve my own
critical thinking skills for present as well as future context. Thus, it has been significantly learned
by me from this source that critical thinking is an essential 21st century skills that will effectively
provide an individual to grow and utilize future development opportunities. Critical thinking
skills also facilitate person to undertake use of communication ability, information technology,
research ability in an effective manner (Mulyati, Junaedi and Sukestiyarno, 2021). This skill also
enhances person negotiation and team cooperation skill and further allow them to apply a
suitable alternative in order to meet deadlines. This source from the indicator reading list in the
module allow me to understand the importance of critical thinking for present, future personal
and professional growth. With the help of taking advantage of different type of ways of
improving critical thinking skills from this source I can maximize my own skill and can assure
future development in an effective manner.
CONCLUSION
According to the above mentioned about it has been concluded that skills play important
role in an individual life in both personal and professional context through which they can
perform their roles and responsibilities in effective manner, while enhancing abilities knowledge
efficiently. According to this report it has been identified that critical thinking plays important
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role in 21st century through which person can undertake more effective decisions while
emphasizing upon different type of alternative. This skill enhance person thinking ability through
which they can Undertaker challenges and can be sure effective decisions.
REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Al-Zou’bi, R., 2021. The impact of media and information literacy on acquiring the critical
thinking skill by the educational faculty’s students. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 39, p.100782.
Atanasiu, R., 2021. Who Needs Critical Thinking?. Management for Professionals, pp.5-9.
Haber, J., 2020. Critical thinking. The MIT Press. London, England
Mulyati, S., Junaedi, I. and Sukestiyarno, Y.L., 2021. Creative critical thinking skill reviewed by
curiosity on independent learning assisted by e-learning. Unnes Journal of Mathematics
Education Research, 10(A), pp.208-214.
ŽivkoviĿ, S., 2016. A model of critical thinking as an important attribute for success in the 21st
century. Procedia-social and behavioral sciences, 232, pp.102-108.
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