SECOND TASK

The reflection tasks proposed by Stella Cottrell (2005) in her paper "What is critical thinking?

REFLECTION 1: EMOTIONAL SELF-MAGENEMENT

*For me, the emotions that are most difficult to manage when others disagree with me are:

I feel impatience many times when I know my answer is true or I have the evidence to prove it and other people insist on contradicting me insistently. Sometimes I feel disappointed that I do not have enough arguments to defend my point of view before that of another colleague in a debate.
I get angry that those who are opting about a topic, do so rudely or with encouragement to offend others.

*I deal with these by: In most cases it is important to analyze what kind of person is reactive to our arguments and by this I mean that we do not have the same type of beliefs whether religious, cultural, social or any other type , for that reason it is understandable that someone does not agree with us, and that they support their ideas of agreements to their personal experiences.

REFLECTION 2: INFLUENCES ON MY THINKING

* For me, the influences on my own thinking that I need to be aware of these are prejudices and thinking: // * I will deal with this by:

When I come to support my ideas and not letting me influence, perhaps because of the argument of others, I try almost always to read, watch videos and interact with people who have a wide knowledge about what I need to express, likewise, trust in myself, be sure that my thoughts are valid just like the rest.

REFLECTION 3: CHALLENGING MY OPINION

* For me the things I found most difficult about the opinions of other people are: // * I will deal with this by:

For me, it is difficult to challenge the thought of another person because usually those who are contradicted tend to see defense arguments as something rude and I feel a little scared maybe when judged in a bad way
It is necessary to understand the field in which the discussion of a topic is developed (context such as classroom, conference, meeting among friends, etc.), which factors surround the person's critical thinking, ie types of beliefs, origin, management of language and on the part of both thinkers, how well the subject is being understood, if the correct meaning is given to what one wants to question.

REFLECTION 4: Do you recognize anything of yourself in Bodner's description of students? What effect would the approach suggest on your learning and understanding?

*Do you recognize anything of yourself in Bodner's description of students? What effect would the approach have suggested on your learning and understanding:

It is necessary for students to develop critical thinking skills, participate in critical dialogue with their own arguments, this helps increase participation and leave fear aside.
Students need to develop the ability to constructively critique, evaluate themselves and evaluate the work of others.
Because of the things generated in the students' confidence, that they know what is the reason why they are being asked to analyze a specific topic.
Bodner (1988) suggests that, instead of focusing primarily on standard chemical calculations in books, students should be looking for answers to such questions as' How do we know? . . ? 'and' Why do we believe? . . ? '

 REFLECTION 5: Consider what you could do to manage these barriers in the next few months.

To remove a little of the critical learning obstacles I think it is important that the topics to be analyzed are of the liking and pleasure of the students, that they have knowledge about it and if it is not, generate them in a didactic and creative way information about what It wants to show. It is well known that practice makes the teacher, so the more you carry out critical thinking activities, the more you encourage this type of thinking is the students.