A Critical Review On:

A Teachers Experience Of Using Critical

Thinking In Classroom Teaching
Amalina Munirah Bt Mohamed Zabidi, Nik Suryani Nik Ab Rahman

Zabidi, A. M. B. M., & Rahman, N. S. B. N. A. (2012). A Teachers Experience of Using

Critical Thinking in Classroom Teaching.International Proceedings of Economics
Development and Research (IPEDR), 72-76.

Siti Farah Wahida binti Ismail

SUMMARY
10 themes that was used by the science teacher:
Video,
pictures, audio
2.
Comparing
3.
Asking the
Encouragemen
arguing
t
questions
4.
Reasoning

1. Stimulus

6.
Discussion

5.
Motivation

7.
Facilitatin
g 8.

Helps the
students when
needed
Categorizin
g
9.
Conclude
10. Justification
of own
Remind the
understanding
students about
the experiences

COMMENTS
1. The findings of this research articles are only limit for science teacher as
it was conducted on science teacher only. This will not give an overall
overview of how critical thinking can be conducted in others classroom.
2. Critical thinking can help students to generate lots of new skills and
widen their thought (think outside of the box)
3. Teachers play an important role in inducing the students to think
critically:
- ask the questions and look for answer
- apply what they learn to solve the problems
- listen to each other and debate the ideas

COMMENTS
4. In Malaysia there are some practically barrier to apply the critical thinking in the
classroom:
- crowded curriculum
- short class period
- too many students
5. There are several characteristics of productive teaching:
- challenge the students to know, not to memorize
- questions, examines, create, solve, interpret and debate
- students continue to learn independently
- students think about what they learnt

CONCLUSION
Critical thinking is an important needs for each of the students which can help the
students to develop their mind and how they perceive their own world in different
way like Thinkerbell. Teachers should try their best to implement the critical
thinking although it is a little bit hard to do in our education system right now.
There should be a prepared module to teach the teachers starting from the preservices teacher about how to generate critical thinking among the students in
classroom

REFERENCES
- Emily R.L, June 2011, Critical Thinking: A Literature Review, Pearson Research
Report Publication,
- Peter A. F, 2011, Critical Thinking What It Is and Why It Counts
- Varga and Rahaela, 2011, The importance of enhancing critical thinking skill of preservice teacher, TRAINING AND PRACTICE VOLUME 9. ISSUE 1-2/2011