critical thinking lifelong learning

Critical Thinking 1 Running head: Critical Thinking Components of Adult Learning Critical Thinking Components of Adult Learning Critical Thinking 2 Abstract This essay examines the effects of critical thinking on life-long learning. Critical thinking is an activity that questions the assumptions underlying our personal ways of thinking and acting and then prepares us to think and act differently. This essay describes the key ingredients of critical thinking and identifies ways these ideas may be in adult learning. …

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