• Priya KL

According to Robert Frost “Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self confidence” Education is an intellectual process. Learners should have the opportunity to connect diverse inquiries and findings to transform them in to their own natural knowledge. Learners construct knowledge naturally, whether alone or in groups from their environment and through their own experience and ideas. It is not enough to accept this theoretically: it must be implemented at all levels within the classroom. If this is done, learner-centered education and a process- oriented curriculum will become an integral part of the system. The inspiration and realization gained from experience lead to the construction of knowledge. Therefore, teaching and learning should become dialogic, critical, and inquiry-based. In short learning should be exploratory and objective. The process should follow a pattern of inquiry, data collection, critical analysis, categorization, discovery expression of the discovered knowledge and future exploration. A learner should not just gain knowledge, but also think and develop their thought process. They should be able to enhance their critical awareness along with their thinking. Critical thinking is not merely suggesting a problem or raising a question: it’s also about gradually identifying the power structures and nature of an institution. Posing questions motivates learners to investigate many things there by creating opportunities for critical thinking.

"Developing Critical Thinking Skills in Students", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 10, page no.c513-c517, October-2025, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2510268.pdf

"Developing Critical Thinking Skills in Students", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 10, page no. ppc513-c517, October-2025, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2510268.pdf