A-level history textbooks and study guides rarely focus on teaching you how to think independently and critically. Yet this is what is likely to enable achievement of the highest grades and prepare you for success in higher education.
Critical thinking refers to the process whereby a person questions the usefulness and accuracy of information they access, avoiding the trap of accepting it at face value. Such information can take different forms (e.g. facts, opinions and judgements) and be obtained from different sources (e.g. textbooks, monographs, articles, blogs and teachers). However, regardless of the characteristics and provenance of information, the same approach to critical thinking can be applied.
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