Critical Thinking according to Evangelisto
“Dewey (1933) described critical thinking as selfrefection and was one of the frst theorists to consider this skill an essential one.” (Evangelisto, 2021, p. 46)
“As the research has accumulated, several researchers, such as Ennis (1990), Facione (2000), Moore (2013), and Paul and Elder (2001), defined critical thinking to include certain dispositions and a set of skills. Facione (1990) used the Delphi method to work with an international group of experts to develop a consensus definition of critical thinking. The Facione (1990) fnal report, which has come to be commonly known as the Delphi report, defined critical thinking in this way We understand critical thinking to be purposeful, self regulatory judgment, which results in interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and inference, as well as explanation of the evidential, conceptual, methodological, criteriological, or contextual considerations upon which that judgment is based... CT is essential as a tool of inquiry. As such, CT is a liberating force in education and a powerful resource in one’s personal and civic life...While not synonymous with good thinking, CT is a pervasive and self-rectifying human phenomenon. (p. 3)” (Evangelisto, 2021, p. 46)