2019-08-18|閱讀時間 ‧ 約 5 分鐘

Critical Thinking... 什麼鬼？

-澳洲執照申請新制Behaviour Assessment, 強調Cognitive test, 跟Critical Thinking 習習相關！

澳洲、美國、英國.... 西方的Nursing School 都非常強調一個“技能”, skill, -- Critical Thinking. 在學校裡老師老是在說：你們要培養critical thiking、要有critical thinking 的能力...... 考試的時候（尤其是技術考），老師也會說：告訴我，妳的critical thinking 是什麼？

但是學校很少會告訴妳怎麼做？甚至沒有說critical thinking的定義是什麼？

最氣人的是考完後分數很低，甚至被fail要重考，理由是: No/Little critilca thinking demonstrated. 臨床實習打分數，也有這一項，而且也一樣會因為這一項被 at risk, 或是fail！但是... 但是... critical thinking 怎麼這麼抽象？到底怎樣做才算有demonstrate critical thinking?????

英語不是母語和不是在西方國家受護理訓練的人，千萬不要覺得自己比較吃虧，因為土生土長、說英文的澳洲學生，一樣會苦著臉問：「怎樣是critical thinking??」

今天就把我平常教學生的方法和重點，整理出來，無論是英語為母語的學生，還是海外學生，都反應很有幫助，希望對大家有幫助！

每次有新學生開始實習時，在第一次的debrif裡我都會對學生說：「Critical thinking is always mentioned in your training. Critical thinking is a part of your assessment. You ARE expected to demonstrate and perform your critical thinkg while working as a nurse. But, you must be wondering, what on earth is critical thinking? How do I build up critical thinking?」學生每次聽到我這樣說，只有兩種反應：一種是帶著迫切的表情猛點頭；另一種就是一把抓住我的手臂哀求說～Yes! Yes! How do I do that??

The National Council for Excellence in Critical Thinking (什麼？竟然有這種機構..)給critical thinking下的定義是：

Critical thinking is 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 its exemplary form, it is based on universal intellectual values that transcend subject matter divisions: clarity, accuracy, precision, consistency, relevance, sound evidence, good reasons, depth, breadth, and fairness.

Defining Critical Thinking

Critical thinking...the awakening of the intellect to the study of itself. Critical thinking is a rich concept that has been developing throughout the past 2,500 years. The term "critical thinking" has its roots in the mid-late 20th century. Below, we offer overlapping definitions which together form a substantive and trans-disciplinary conception of critical thinking.

妳一定在想：什麼鬼？可以再抽象一點沒關係....