%0 Journal Article %T Critical Thinking for Quality Education %A Bhawani Prasad Mainali %J Academic Voices: A Multidisciplinary Journal %P 6-12 %D 2011 %R 10.3126/av.v1i0.5300 %X Critical thinking is a recent educational paradigm. It is a powerful thinking skill that empowers learners and facilitates creative and qualitative teaching/learning process. This article deals with the concept of critical thinking for quality education. Moreover, it also identifies the rationale of critical thinking and its implications in Nepalese education . Keywords Critical thinking, creativity, concretization, culture of silence, quality education. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/av.v1i0.5300 Academic Voices 2011; 1: 6-12 %K Critical thinking %K creativity %K concretization %K culture of silence %K quality education. %U http://www.nepjol.info/nepal/index.php/AV/article/view/5300