Ability to apply the mental processes of gathering, conceptualising, analysing, synthesising, and/or evaluating information gathered from – or generated by – observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication.
Comment
- Thinking skills and competences are demonstrated by using information of different kinds to plan activities, achieve goals, solve problems, deal with issues and perform complex tasks in routine and novel ways;
- they are one of the six categories of transversal skills of ESCO:
- core skills and competences;
- thinking skills and competences;
- self-management skills and competences;
- social and communication skills and competences;
- physical and manual skills and competences;
- life skills and competences;
- thinking skills and competences consist of four clusters:
- processing information, ideas and concepts;
- planning and organising;
- dealing with problems;
- thinking creatively and innovatively.
Source
European Commission and Cedefop, 2021.