"Critical thinking is defined as both a skill, which can be trained and developed, and as a disposition, which refers to the inclination to apply the skill in a given situation. Much teaching focuses on the skill dimension, but perhaps we need to shift our attention to the disposition." I wouldn't say it exactly this way ('dispositions' make me think of Ryle which makes me think of behaviourism) but I think there's something right here. First I would shift the context: forget about what happens in the classroom; why do we want people to think critically at all? Second, think of critical thinking as a way of seeing the world. I don't go out looking for logical fallacies or category errors (or trees or rocks) - I just see them when they're there.
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