BSBCRT511 Develop Critical Thinking
Section 1: Plan and assess critical thinking
Research critical and creative thinking. Write a report (approximately two pages) including:
- a summary of at least three models of critical and creative thinking
- at least five characteristics of critical and creative thinking
- features of critical thinking skills such as analysis, synthesis and evaluation
- formal and informal organisational learning environments and systems (at least two each)
- best practice approaches for instructing teams and individuals in critical thinking (at least three)
- examples of how the critical thinking can be applied in the workplace (at least two)
- list of what a safe critical and creative work environment includes (at least two).
Make sure you access at least four sources of information, reference them correctly and attach your report to this section of the portfolio.
Assess critical thinking
About the organization
Provide an overview of your chosen organization and product/services/programs.
Include:
- name of the business
- description of what the business does
- key operational processes.
Critical thinking within the organization
Identify how critical thinking is an important part of the organization.
Include:
- how critical thinking is a part of the business, such as:
- the vision and objectives of the organization
- assessment of the work environment as it relates to critical and creative thinking, including:
- systems, policies and procedures supporting critical thinking
- barriers to critical thinking in existing organizational systems
- legislative requirements related to critical thinking and training for your chosen team.
- how critical thinking is required as part of the work done by your chosen team (identified on Page 4)
- list of critical thinking skills required for the employees who are going to be coached (job roles identified on Page 4).
Attach relevant policies and procedures to this section of your portfolio.
Plan team meeting
Plan how to articulate key features of critical and creative thinking concepts to the relevant team (attach any relevant documents you create e.g. fact sheet).
Develop a set of at least five questions to identify critical and creative thinking knowledge gaps for your chosen team and one of your chosen individual(s).
Teamwork
Plan for teamwork, including:
- what the diverse requirements are of your team (e.g. cultural differences)
- how you will establish connections and understanding (e.g. ice-breaker)
- techniques you’ll use to negotiate, influence and elicit the views of your team.
Section 2: Support critical thinking
Knowledge gaps
Summarize the outcomes of your team and individual meeting(s). Include:
- at two critical and creative thinking knowledge gaps for your team
- at least two critical and creative thinking knowledge gaps for one individual team member
- team/individual’s experience of organisation’s approach to critical thinking
- list of workplace problems identified in the meeting that are relevant to the team
- a description of the problem chosen through negotiation at the meeting as the most pressing and relevant.
Attach proof of your team and individual job role meeting(s) (e.g. video, screen recording of virtual meeting) to this section of the portfolio (if not already viewed in person by your assessor).
Plan learning opportunities
Use the work done in Section 1 of our Project Portfolio and the knowledge you’ve gained from the team/individual meeting(s) to plan one formal and one informal learning opportunity to address the identified knowledge gaps.
For both the formal and informal learning opportunity, include:
- a description of how learning will take
- who the learning opportunity is aimed at (e.g. team or individual).
- how the opportunity complies with organizational and legislative requirements
- reason for choosing the approach
- how you will collect feedback.
Application
Plan one opportunity for team member(s) to apply their critical thinking skills to address the workplace problem chosen at the team meeting.
Include:
- who will participate in the problem-solving process (i.e. which team members?)
- which critical thinking skills and techniques will be applied by the team member(s)
- how you will give feedback on the performance of their task
- how you will collect feedback regarding the opportunity you provided.
Section 3: Monitor and improve critical thinking practices
Learning Opportunities reflection
Summarize the outcomes of the formal and informal learning opportunities you facilitated, including:
- feedback received from team member(s)
- what you did well
- what should be improved
Attach proof of how you facilitated the learning opportunities (e.g. video, screen recording of virtual meeting, emails with instructions etc) to this section of the portfolio (if not already viewed in person by your assessor).
Application reflection
Summaries the outcomes of the application opportunity you provided to team member(s), including:
- feedback given to team member(s)
- additional support required for teams and individuals
- feedback received from team member(s)
- what worked well
- what should be improved
Attach proof of the application opportunities you facilitated (e.g. video, screenshot of social media post etc) to this section of the portfolio (if not already viewed in person by your assessor).
Recommendations
Develop recommendations for improvement in future learning.
Include:
- a list of two recommendations improvements to learning opportunities
- development of at least one recommendation to be implemented in the future
- resources required for the development of the recommendation
- how the recommendation adheres to explicit organizational policies
- how the recommendation adheres to implicit organizational policies
- how the recommendation adheres to legislative requirements
Attach proof of the developed recommendation (e.g. plan for more application opportunities) to this section of your project portfolio.