The Beginning: Developing Critical Thinking Skills

LO 1: Assess the quality and credibility of different kinds of knowledge for working with organizations and communities (CT; Competency #7)

LO 2: Interpret information gathered during organizational and community assessments through the lens of multidisciplinary theoretical frameworks (CT; Competency #3 and #7)

CT 4: Explain how critical thinking is necessary for social workers to practice effectively

CT 25: Reflect on modulating one’s positions by taking the standpoint of those with different lived experiences

CT 26: Reflect on the ramifications of not critically thinking (i.e., sticking with tradition, intuition, pseudoscience)