On the Critical Thinking of the Undergraduates and the Cultivating Paths of the Universities in China

Abstract

Critical thinking is the fountain of innovation. No criticism, no innovation. It is of great significance to attach importance to the undergraduates’ critical thinking in order to enhance their comprehensive quality, innovative ability and learning skills. In this paper, the structural components and developed characteristics of the critical and reflective thinking were analyzed and summarized, the theoretical and practical significance of the critical and reflective thinking and the innovative ability training in the universities of China were discussed and researched. Some countermeasures and advises to the critical thinking and innovative ability training of undergraduates were suggested. An explicit paths and methods of the undergraduates’ critical thinking cultivation have been integrated into the curriculum in Huaiyin Institute of Technology (HYIT), China. The cultivation of critical thinking was combined with learning skills and innovative ability in this way.