Exploring Teaching Strategies to Encourage Critical Thinking in Students.

This study aimed to determine the role of modern teaching strategies or methods used by teachers of existing times to deepen critical thinking among students by using different means and resources in the classroom and outside the classroom as well, resulting in shaping up their thoughts by giving them directions and scaffolding them through teaching strategies to conceptualize knowledge by analysing it critically. However, in recent years it has been seen that teachers and educationists in Pakistan are using various modern practices to design their lesson plans to incorporate critical thinking in students and boost their mental skills for superior growth and development. This study is intended to determine contemporary teaching techniques to provide understanding to students of the 21st century to heighten their reasoning capabilities. The data was collected through interviews from primary school teachers, working in different schools and teaching different subjects. Interviews were conducted as open-ended questions from 6 experienced teachers to inquire about the strategies the teachers opt for in their classrooms fostering critical thinking. This study suggests that modern teaching practices, methods and strategies are linked to regulate critical thinking skills in students which amplifies their overall academic and educational performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]