Explain the Main Principles of Critical Thinking and Describe How These Might Apply to Individual and Work Colleagues’ Ideas to Assist Objective and Rational Debate

The focus in this assessment criteria is critical thinking, what it is and how it is applied. For their assessment, students will need to:

1. Explain main principles of critical thinking.
2. Explain how they apply critical thinking to develop their own ideas
3. Explain how they apply critical thinking when relating to (considering) others’ ideas
4. How the critical thinking approach assists objective and rational debate