job postings often state that the successful applicant must have superior critical thinking and

problem-solving skills. Yet employers tell college administrators that graduates, both from

undergraduate and graduate programs, often lack these skills.

1. Having read this week's assigned materials, how would you define critical thinking?

2. Why are employers making these comments? Are they justified – should colleges be

responsible for teaching critical thinking? If not, whose job is it?

Discussion Requirements

Your Discussion should be at least 250 words in length, but not more than 500 words. Use

APA citations and references for the textbook and any other sources used; you should use at

least 1 APA citation and reference, but you can use more if needed. Refer to the UoPeople

APA Tutorials in the LRC for help with APA citations.

1. Having read this week's assigned materials, how would you define critical thinking?

Would you believe If I told you that you make 35000 of decisions in a day? It's

estimated that the average adult makes more than 35,000 decisions per day (Zak, 2020). This

means from the moment you wake up until you go back to bed, there are thousands of

decisions made every single day. In essence, your very existence of where you are and what

you could highly influenced by the decisions you made. Which is why critical thinking, is

critical to prevent negative loss to us and others who trust us. This begs the question “what is

critical thinking?” According to Mind Tools Club, “Critical thinking is the discipline of

rigorously and skilfully using information, experience, observation, and reasoning to guide
your decisions, actions, and beliefs. You'll need to actively question every step of your

thinking process to do it well” In my opinion critical thinking is taking into the

1. Why are employers making these comments? Are they justified – should colleges be

responsible for teaching critical thinking? If not, whose job is it?

References

Mind tools club (n.d) Critical thinking: Developing the right mindset

https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTED_95.htm

Zak H. ( Jan 21, 2022) Decision making, https://www.inc.com/heidi-zak/adults-make-more-than-

35000-decisions-per-day-here-are-4-ways-to-prevent-mental-burnout.html