Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking is a skills-based qualification which teaches the methods of correct reasoning (no credit is given for recall of learned information). It is therefore of use to all other academic subjects, from History and Philosophy to Chemistry and even Music. This is reflected in the backgrounds of the teachers who have taught it at LGS.

There is no required academic route into Critical Thinking, and none are excluded. This is because all education deals in one way or another with how to think well, how to separate truth from falsity and good arguments from bad. What makes Critical Thinking unique is that it is only concerned with these things, rather than using them as tools to learn more about topics such as the tragedies of Sophocles, evolutionary theory, or the thought of Nagarjuna.

Since its introduction a decade ago, Critical Thinking has become one of the most respected A-Levels available to students. Universities see it as a valuable qualification, including Oxford and Cambridge, who have been taken by its emphasis on thinking skills. It will facilitate all of the different kinds of careers that LGS pupils will follow, but those interested in Law, Medicine, Journalism and Philosophy should particularly consider it.