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Theme 2.3

Criticality

'Criticality' is a term that you will have become

familiar with during your time at university and

is often linked with skills such as analysis and

evaluation. However, criticality is also a state

of mind or an approach to academic work

that takes nothing for granted and questions

everything. So, instead of accepting something

as a ‘given’ and describing it, criticality is

about questioning it; often this is done by

asking the question ‘Why?’ Small children with

a thirst for knowledge and understanding are

experts in this. At times they ask this question

constantly, until their tired parent or carer says

something like ‘Because I say so!’

As well as having a deep level of curiosity, a