This finding suggests that respondents
are certain they could implement critical thinking in their classroom. Many of them suggested students could
be empowered to choose what they wanted to learn and
encouraged to problem solve using their own
approaches. However, this certainty that they could
implement critical thinking in their classroom seemed
to be checked by the respondents’ perception that
students were on the whole dependent on their teachers
to provide them with all the relevant study materials.
Their lack of ability to understand the required reading
materials is perceived by teachers as deterrents to
helping students develop critical thinking skills. Added
to this the respondents were also unsure that teachers
could think critically themselves. These perceptions
could also be a result of the way they perceived their
students and themselves. These respondents may
actually be disseminator information rather than
mediators.