...Critical and creative thinking is regaining its popularity in the global education scene. This resurgence in popularity can be attributed to the demands of the evolving economic, political, social and technological world in the 21st century. The competitiveness of the global market demands corporations to constantly innovate. To do so, corporations need employees who are able to think critically and creatively. Barren of natural resources, Singapore depends on its human population for economic survival. Education then becomes a key instrument in promoting the state’s economic development. In 1959, the Ministry of Education issued a report, asserting that, ‘the government’s education policy is designed to equip the youth of the State with requisite skills, aptitudes and attitudes for employment in industry’, and it has not changed since then. So, as we move into the 21st century, the government has termed critical and creative thinking as skills that all students should develop within themselves. The education system acts an agent to instill such skills in the younger generation. The objective of this paper is to discuss the possibility of facilitating the development of critical and creative thinking among students in the current Singapore education system. So, we shall begin this paper by introducing the concepts of critical and creative thinking. Next, we shall study factors in the current Singapore education system that influence the development of critical and creative thinking...
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...Critical and Creative Thinking in Society Short Essays PHL/458 Describe a situation of public interest in which critical and/or creative thought could have been used for a better outcome. Describe why it is important to think critically and creatively in similar situations. The story that really jumps out to me is the Ebola virus that has been hitting our country. When introduced to us we saw the bad affects of the situation hitting and that we should be scared. The news gave little no information about what they knew accept for the dangers. Know lets say that they gave this creative thought about how they would present this to people. I would think that things would have been different. Like giving people preventive measures to survive and how to out last the situation. It is so important to think critical on times like these because often people fear the worse and dictate how they live there life’s on information that they hear. When being in the public eye and a voice to the ear of the people. Having information and solutions is very important to ease minds and have confidence of survival rather that people feeling helpless. Define free will, truth, knowledge, and opinion. Explain how we use them to form thoughts. What role does each play in critically assessing situations? Free will - free and independent choice; voluntary decision (free Will) This is mostly used when just thinking in general. This is having a mined for your self and...
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...Critical and Creative Thinking in Society Short Essay l and Creative Thinking in Society Short Essay A situation of public interest that comes to mind is legalizing marijuana. So many people thing that legalizing it is a great thing because of health reasons but what about what kids think about it. Some people feel that legalizing marijuana should have a more critical thought process to it. Some children feel that since marijuana is becoming legal in so many states “because of medical reasons,” they think that it is ok to smoke. Not only is it not ok it is illegal, in the way that they are using it. Children think that it is their free will (make unimpeded choices) to smoke marijuana because it is accepted by society. It is the children opinions (their thoughts not factual) that smoking marijuana is the “cool” thing to do. Truth – fact or belief that is accepted as true Knowledge – familiarity and awareness Three hindrances in critical thinking are: problem solving, making decisions that benefit everyone, not just you and good thinking strategies. A way to overcome some of these obstacles is to slow down and do not be so quick to respond. Sometimes you have to look at the bigger picture and think of the choices based on what the outcome would be as a whole. A message in advertising that some people struggle with is the lost weight advertising. It gives people the thought that if they take these pills or eat this certain meal that they will instantly lose weight...
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...Critical and Creative Thinking Tanya Hadley PSY/ 103 December 1, 2014 Tricia Ferre 1. Sensation and perception are closely linked. What is the central distinction between the two? Sensations can be defined as the passive process of bringing information from the outside world into the body and to the brain. The process is passive in the sense that we do not have to be consciously engaging in a "sensing" process. Perception can be defined as the active process of selecting, organizing, and interpreting the information brought to the brain by the senses. Perceptions vary from person to person. Different people perceive different things about the same situation. But more than that, we assign different meanings to what we perceive. And the meanings might change for a certain person. One might change one's perspective or simply make things mean something else. You would also use vision to observe different people who were having a conversation as well as listening to observe all the conversation taking place. 2. If we sensed and attended equally to each stimulus in the world, the amount of information would be overwhelming. What sensory and perceptual processes help us lessen the din? If they have sensory loss, they can feel very disconnected with the world around them. The importance of effective communication is to give them a sense of normalcy, that life can be ok again. Perceptions vary from person to person. Different people perceive different things about the...
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...Creative and Critical Thinking #2 pg 169: I learned how to have table manners from observing my family, also learned how to act in restaurants from watching my father and mother, then I started to do the same. I learned how others have dealt with their autism, and with me having Autism their ways of coping helped give me ideas on how to cope and deal with stresses in life. Bad observation would be for example; in middle school I observed the popular kids making fun of others, they peer pressured me to do the same if I wanted to join them. #5 pg 195: Well first off I would write down as much as I could remember after it happened, I would not want to have source amnesia. I would use algorithms to help the process along. I would write down enough so when I looked at the sheet of paper it would kick start my memories. For a jury I would compare the eye witness stories as well as look to my pad of paper that would help me remember how the tone and way the witnesses sat when questioned. 3. Algorithm is a step by step process where you plan out what to do and critical thinking as well as step by step processes. Heuristics are simple, efficient rules, hard-coded by evolutionary processes or learned, which have been proposed to explain how people make decisions, come to judgments, and solve problems, typically when facing complex problems or incomplete information. These rules work well under most circumstances, but in certain cases lead to systematic errors or cognitive...
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...1. Have you ever changed a strongly held attitude? What caused the change for you? In our everyday lives, attitudes play a major role in affecting our behavior. The influence how we feel and behave toward others is in our environment. Attitudes have important influences on our decisions. The most commonly used approach in changing attitude is to attempt to change what people believe and what they know. Attitudes are often learned from other people and are often a defining characteristic of groups. It can also be genetic. A strong attitude is very resistant to change. To change attitude, spot and match the balance of affective/cognitive/behavioral components, especially in the person’s self-image. Where there is affective attention, offer emotional arguments. For cognitive listeners, use a rational argument. For the behaviorally focused, do something. 2. Have you ever done something in a group that you would not have done if you were alone? What happened? How did you feel? What have you learned from this chapter that might help you avoid this behavior in the future? 3. How do Milgrams results- particularly the finding that the remoteness of the victim affected obedience- relate to some aspects of modern warfare? 4. What are some of the similarities between Zimbardio's prison study and the abuses at the Abu Ghralb prison in Iraq? 5. Do you believe that you are free of prejudice? After reading this chapter, which of the many factors that cause prejudice do you think...
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...Critical and Creative Thinking in Society Short Essays PHL/458 December 1, 201X XXX Introduction Critical and creative thinking are an important part of everyday life. First, this paper will describe a situation of public interest in which these could have been used for a better outcome. Next, it will define free will, truth, knowledge and opinion, how they are used to form thoughts and the role they play in critically assessing situations. It will also identify three hindrances to the critical thinking process with an experience. Lastly, it will identify a message in advertising, how it was perceived, and the reality of the advertisement and distinguish between perception and the reality of the message. Situation of Public Interest The current situation of public interest that will be discussed is the selling of swastika ridden wrapping paper by Walgreens. Walgreens was carrying the wrapping paper in celebration of Hanukkah when customers started to notice the swastikas. This is clearly offensive to the Jewish community who would be purchasing the wrapping paper. As a result the product has been pulled from the shelves (Huffington Post, 2014). This situation could have been avoided if a quality assurance individual or product reviewer was consulted. It is those individuals job to review the product and gage how consumers will perceive the product. The review process should include a checklist with critical thinking questions one it. One example would be...
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...Critical and Creative Thinking in Society PHL458 Critical and Creative Thinking in Society Free will is the ability to use critical and creative thinking to approach problems to make an educated choice in what directive or direction to take (Ruggiero, 2012, Chapter 2). The textbook states that some psychologists would argue there is no free will, only compulsion as defines as the irresistible urge to do something. The textbook author, Ruggiero, states that although we are influenced by both nature and nurture, we retain a significant amount of free will to make choices (Ruggiero, 2012, Chapter 2). According to Ruggiero (2012) truth is what is so about something, the reality of the matter, as distinguished from what people wish were so, believe to be so, or assert to be so (Chapter 2). The truth is not relative nor does truth change; only one's perception of what is truth changes. If truth were relative, no one would seek out the answers as any answer could be considered truth. Perception can be relative; truth is the view that is fated to be ultimately agreed to by all who investigate (Ruggiero, 2012, Chapter 2). Knowledge is what we know, not what we think we know (Ruggiero, 2012, Chapter 2). We can find true knowledge from experience, observation and report. All three of these methods of obtaining knowledge are subject to the failure of faulty experience, faulty experience, faulty reporting and faulty memory. One may feel he is knowledgeable on a subject, only to...
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...than half were American citizens and most were from the West Coast and Hawaii. If critical thinking and creative thought had been applied, the situation would have been much more desirable. Instead of an executive order consisting of one man’s thoughts, the situation could have been brought to congress to debate a better outcome. An outcome that helped identify individuals that posed a credible threat rather than detaining an entire ethnic group of people. Similar situations would also benefit from debates among many rather than decisions made among few. Free will is a voluntary decision; free and independent choice. (dictionary.com, 2014) Truth is the actual state of a matter. (dictionary.com, 2014) Knowledge is the fact or state of knowing. (dictionary.com, 2014) Opinion is a personal view, attitude, or appraisal. (dictionary.com, 2014) Free will allows us the freedom and ability to form thoughts and think critically. Truth is the information that we seek to help form our thoughts and to be able to effectively think critically using facts. Knowledge is what we have or have gained from using truth and thinking critically. Opinion is the state of thoughts and ideas that we have and the conclusions that we make using the knowledge that we have gained from thinking critically. Many hindrances get in the way of critical thinking. Three that I can think of are emotion, self-centered thinking, and prejudices. Overcoming these barriers involve taking a step back, clearing...
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...Critical and Creative Thinking Questions Question 1 is sensation and perception are closely linked. What is the central distinction between the two? Sensation refers to the process of sensing our environment though touch, sight, taste, sound, and smell. This information is sent to our brain in raw form where perception comes into play. Perception is the way we interpret these sensations and therefore makes sense of everything around us. Like if I did not have sensation I could not hear my mom or music I would not able to taste my food that I made. Question 2 is if we sensed and attended equally to each stimulus in the world, the amount of information would be overwhelming. What sensory and perceptual processes help us lessen the din? Our brain sends singles or messages to our brain all at once we feel overwhelmed so we can’t process them. One day I had an overwhelming feeling and to get it to come down I write it all down or I told a friend or talk to someone that I could trust now I am upset that I told and now they don’t believe me on what I told them my story dose not match my emails. Question 4 is what senses, outside of hearing, would likely be impaired if a person were somehow missing all of the apparatus of the ear (including the outer, middle, and inner ear)? They will be able to use there site to see what they are talking about though reading lips and hand singles. For example my friend she is completely death she can’t hear...
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...1 . Sensation and perception are closely linked. What is the central distinction between the two? Sensations can be defined as the passive process of bringing information from the outside world into the body and to the brain. The process is passive in the sense that we do not have to be consciously engaging in a "sensing" process. Perception can be defined as the active process of selecting, organizing, and interpreting the information brought to the brain by the senses. 2 . If we sensed and attended equally to each stimulus in the world, the amount of information would be overwhelming. What sensory and perceptual processes help us lessen the din? Perceptions vary from person to person. Different people perceive different things about the same situation. But more than that, we assign different meanings to what we perceive. And the meanings might change for a certain person. One might change one's perspective or simply make things mean something else. You would also use vision to observe different people who were having a conversation as well as listening to observe all the conversation taking place. 4. What senses would likely be impaired if a person were somehow missing all of the apparatus of the ear (including the outer, middle, and inner ear)? Sight and balance would be thrown off if the apparatus of the ear were missing. We use sound to help us decide what we need to look at. If we hear a sudden noise we immediately look for the...
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...Individual Week 1 Review Questions GLG/220 10/02/2013 Critical and Creative Thinking Questions Chapter 1 3. How do you think the principle of uniformitarianism accounts for occasional catastrophic events such as meteorite impacts, huge volcanic eruptions, or great earthquakes? The principle of uniformitarianism states the processes occurring on Earth today are very similar in manner as those throughout much of geologic times. In other words “the present is the key to the past.”(Murck, B. W., Skinner, B. J., & Mackenzie, D. (2010)). When looking at past geological events and occurrences that happened in the past with additions of new testing and technology they can predict when and if volcanic eruptions may occur, meteorite impacts and their damages, and if plate shifts will occur resulting in earthquakes. Scientists rate the earthquakes on a scale based on how damaging they are. 5. In what ways do geologic processes affect your daily life? Daily activities including the water we drink or the tress we plant to help prevent and control soil erosion are a part of geologic processes. Earth materials and processes affect our lives through our dependence on Earth resources; through geologic hazards such as volcanic eruptions, floods and earthquakes; and through the physical properties of the natural environment (Murck, B. W., Skinner, B. J., & Mackenzie, D. (2010)). Understanding Earth’s materials is important because we depend on its resources for building...
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...Critical and Creative Thinking in Society Short Essays Week One Describe a situation of public interest in which critical and/or creative thought could have been used for a better outcome. Describe why it is important to think critically and creatively in similar situations. One situation that comes immediately to mind is the phenomenon of climate change we are currently dealing with and how we are woefully unprepared to cope with it. If critical and/or creative thought had been used by all concerned, instead of fear and denial, we would be in a better position to handle and curtail these climate changes. When the data that pointed to human-induced climate change first was made public, it seemed that fear and hysteria was the common theme in most discussions of the problem. It has gotten better in recent years but it may be a case of too little, too late. It is important to think critically and creatively because it helps you to see the whole picture. When you think critically, all sides of the problem such as history, a source, a context are considered making a realistic and effective solution to a problem more likely. Define free will, truth, knowledge, and opinion. Explain how we use them to form thoughts. What role does each play in critically assessing situations? We have free will when we have the freedom of self-determination, action and ability to make choices. If the choice is consistent with a person's desires and nature then it is representative of a person’s...
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...Yashashree Kulkarni Operations & Supply chain Mgmt Date; June 21 Critical and Creative Thinking in Operations And Supply Chain Management The reality of the 21st century is the presence of the VUCA environment that is , volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. This highly dynamic business world, requires the business leaders to think both critically & creatively in order to be successful in their area of expertise. Leaders are expected to be operating at such rapid pace, in this high level of business environment that critical thinking coupled with an ability to be creatively inclined while implementing business decisions and problem solving is paramount to success. Even though critical thinking may seem like a “soft skill” from a distance, it is in fact, a key component for a leader to have, not a luxury but an essential quality. Criticality assesses; Creativity originates. This exemplifying interdependence between these qualities explores and requires the art of questioning critically like Socratic questioning. A leader who constantly questions the norms, to get to the bottom of things and implements the art of questioning questions in order to better reflect on problems is successful professionally.(Boghossian, P. (2006)). Operations and supply chain management is a field of business that requires this art of thinking critically and implementing creatively; these managers in operations are continuously cajoled to think “outside-the-box”; implicitly eschewing that the...
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...Caledonian College of Engineering, Sultanate of Oman Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Submitted to HOD for Approval | Purpose | Funding Support for Level 4 Technical Project | Title of the work | Anaerobic co-digestion of food waste along with slaughter house fat | Student Number | 11273 | Student Name | Ms. Inshirah Ahmed Al-Maskari | Department | MIE | Program | POM | Level | FT | Preamble | With the increase in population, wastage of food products keeps increasing as well and creates storage problem. Using anaerobic co-digestion process, these wastes can be converted into biofuel. The idea of this project is to convert biomass of food waste as well as slaughterhouse fat to biofuel by using anaerobic co-digestion technology. Fermentation of food waste will produce CO2 and CH4 gas through batch reactor under controlled temperature over a period of time. This project will be useful as it provides a new source of renewable energy and solves waste management problems. | Objectives | The objective of this project is find possible solution for waste management in Oman as well as to study new source of renewable energy. This can be done by: 1. Collecting literatures of anaerobic co-digestion of food waste. 2. Design the Experiment. 3. Procurement and Fabrication of the experiment. 4. Testing with food waste and slaughter house fat. 5. Write report. | Drawing | | Material requirement list | • Threaded removable PVC• Heating...
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