As part of their professional development teachers may examine more closely how they implement curricula or interpret educational standards and program goals and collaboratively agree on the applicability of critical thinking in and across their disciplines. In doing so, educators should adapt a good blend of teacher-centered and student-centered learning, focus on process rather than output, thinking rather than learning, what is needed rather than what is convenient and examine what happened in the past, how it affects what is occurring now as a basis for predicting what will be needed in the future. With this approach to curricula, students may be more likely to appreciate and develop the characteristics of critical thinkers equipped to function in and contribute to the development of a dynamic global society