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Content: Critical Thinkingskills teach a variety of skills that can be applied to any situation in life that calls for reflection, analysis and planning. Critical Thinkingis a domain-general thinking skill. The ability to think clearly and rationally is important whatever we choose to do. If you work in education, research, finance, management or the legal profession, then critical thinkingis obviously important. But critical thinkingskills are not restricted to a particular subject area. Being able to think well and solve problems systematically is an asset for any career. Critical Thinkingis very important in the new knowledge economy. The global knowledge economy is driven by information and technology. One has to be able to deal with changes quickly and effectively. The new economy places increasing demands on flexible intellectual skills, and the ability to analyse information and integrate diverse sources of knowledge in solving problems.