An outcome of the life-skills training is women and children with skills in critical thinking, decision-making, communication, negotiation, coping, and self-management - significant interventions in the HIV/AIDS prevention.
From quality life skills-based education come children who have acquired skills in critical thinking, decision-making, communication, negotiation, conflict resolution, coping, and self-management which can be applied to specific contexts such as HIV/AIDS prevention, hygiene practices, or conflict resolution.
Nursing students gain skills in critical thinking and analysis and also develop communication and management skills.
In addition to attaining a basic mastery of the field of linguistics, linguistics majors develop skills in critical thinking, in communication, and in the use of research methodologies.
But the rest still require skills in critical thinking that most high school students aren't getting in the long march to calculus.
Humanities and social sciences are a valuable part of a balanced educational experience because they contribute to understanding the context of problems and development of skills in critical thinking.
By empowering MIT students with political, economic, cultural, and historical perspectives, as well as skills in critical thinking, languages, communication — the School increases the capacity for innovation and wise action across the broad range of humanity's challenges.
A provocative new book, "Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses," makes a strong case that for a large portion of the nation's seemingly successful undergraduates the years in college barely improve their skills in critical thinking, complex reasoning and writing.
By empowering MIT students with political, economic, cultural, and historical perspectives — as well as skills in critical thinking, languages, and communication — the School increases the capacity of every MIT graduate to serve the world well, across the broad range of humanity's challenges.
For all that the discipline has done to defend the many jobs that anthropology graduates are prepared for, beyond the academy few of these jobs require a background in anthropology as much as they require generic skills in critical thinking, writing and social science methodologies -- skills obtained from any number of liberal arts degrees.
I found myself exploring questions such as: How responsible is the lack of education and/or the overwhelming presence of propaganda-based education for the rise of extremism, and would things be different if a larger percentage of Pakistani children were taught valuable skills in critical thinking?
