inking must be achieved. According to Kirby and Goodpaster, There is no Holy Grail of facilitating critical thinking and no one way to instructional enlightenment. When a teacher makes a commitment to allowing students employ in learning that is both meaningful and enthusiastic, he is contributing to efforts of critical thinking. The teacher must hone his skills by attending seminars and staff meetings, and reading educational journals concerning the ways to teach thinking. The pattern of routine thinking must be broken by alternative teaching methods that will serve to develop critical thinking. The teacher must be able to think critically in order to be able to teach the student to teach critically (Moore and Parker, 2000).When the attitudes and methods of educators assist their students in the so-called practical wisdom that is necessary for the student in order to engage in learning, critical thinking occurs. (Moore and Parker, 2000).When students recognize that there is a relationship between their own immediate concerns and a certain instructional theory, higher standards of thinking become developed. Critical thinking is part of higher thinking (Kirby and Goodpaster, 1999).Students experiences can become legitimized through critical thinking. They are able to see that their experiences and their ideas are relevant. Working together as a group can achieve this goal. Class discussions are important to this concept. For this to work, however, the teacher must create an atmosphere that is non-judgmental in order for critical thinking to become fostered. When teachers deliberately integrate the selected content, while embracing and combining students ideas and experiences, critical thinking capacities are being conditioned (Moore and Parker, 2000). By the deliberate incorporation of such elements into their teaching modalities, educators encourage students in an awareness of their own behaviors, ideals, and values, which ...
