How can critical thinking help you outside the classroom setting?
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the world around you is full of questions.  making better decisions will help you get a long way, wether is your job, your finances, or relationships.
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Critical Ethics thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning .......\n\nIt require the utmost care in their specification and design to avoid errors in their implementation, using state of the art techniques in a responsible manner. \n\nTo do otherwise is at best unprofessional and at worst can lead to disastrous consequences. An inappropriate approach could lead to loss of life, and will almost certainly result in financial penalties in the long run, whether because of loss of business or because of the imposition of fines. \n\nLegislation and standards impose external pressures, but education and ethical considerations should help provide more self-imposed guidelines for all those involved in the production of safety-critical systems. This paper considers some of the issues involved, with pointers to material providing greater depth in particular areas, especially with respect to the use of formal methods.
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A benefit of being critical in thinking is that your typically detailed oriented and analytical in thought process. The down side is that your often mean to people.
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Critical thinking has to do with what the reader/writer does with knowledge gained.  It's not so much about comprehension, but in how you use it. It is 'out of the box' thinking. For example, you read a book on which you answer comprehension questions that are readily available in the text; critical questions are those that go beyond the text, the "What would happen if...? type of questioning. Writers need to think critically to not only make a point, but be able to present their ideas in such a way that the reader becomes involved with the events, characters, etc. of the author. He has to 'hook' you, and yet, be believable as well. For more info on this, there are several good websites you should check out. Just type in Critical Thinking in your search bar and explore!
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Take notes, but don't simply write the words your teacher says but paraphrase his or her words. This will engage your mind and also help you process the information. When your brain feels it is doing something rather than simply sitting back you will find your concentration increase. Also ask your teacher questions. This will further engage you and shift the focus of your mind so when he or she begins to talk again you concentration will be in a way reset.
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education to the world which promotes critical thinking and analytical reasoning without influence of political, religious, or any organization's influence. promote thinking of the world as one and people are not different by color, region, religion, country, or whatever type of label that we're taught to be important.  \n\nwhat political party, religion, or any organization would want to promote and contribute to the cause?
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to generate the ability o free thinking.  Remember the book of Ray Bradbury FARENHAIT 911 which tells the reality of a comunity that was forbidden of reading books, and the government would control the population by tv. Maybe you can read a breef of that book, i'm sure will be an inspirantion.\nGood luck!
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cant say what is considered-only what i know-most people dont take the time to pay attention to their surrounds but go on in their own world thinking about their life-by sitting quiet and listening you became aware of sounds that were already there you just werent listening for them- think for most people this would happen everytime-also think that something new-and its new to you bacause you werent listening before-will stand out in your memory-keep the peace old hippie-ps-holler back and let me know what teacher says like to keep up with what they are teaching-thanks
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You could have your group use NGT (Nominal group technique).  This usually allows groups to think outside the box creatively and makes use of every member's idea.\n\nAlso, encourage open group communication.  Otherwise, members will not feel comfortable enough to voice creative ideas they may have.  \n\nTry taking the group outside of its normal work or group environment.  For example, if your group is used to working on-site, at schoool, etc , take them off-site to another place, the park, ropes course, the likes.  These things stimulate creative thinking and gets the group working in non-traditional ways.
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I've been educated in schools and by living and reading and thinking and listening and watching - it's all been valuable because I know how to think critically (analyze new information, weigh it, and make an intelligent decision about it) and I can use reason to solve just about any problem. I can also anticipate problems and come up with solutions. I understand complex situations and information quicker and better. Oh, and winning trivia and logic games is nice, too.
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How about ..\n\nthe importance of silence in class?
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Without thinking about what you don't understand and what you don't know, look at the assignment again to see what you do understand and think about that for a moment or two. When that seems even clearer, look at the assignment again and see what you didn't understand very well ... maybe you understand that a bit better. After thinking about that for a moment or two look at what you didn't understand at all; if you understand that part a bit maybe you'll have at least some idea of what to do next, where to turn. I call this "getting started when stuck".
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You might want to see some websites about critical thinking.  This will help you to evaluate the information that others give you, and to determine whether it is fact, opinion, science, philosophy, or out-and-out lies.
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You need to read it, say it, highlight it.  That way you are using every part of your brain.  Plus going to class also helps!
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I am not in your area, unfortunately.  However, you could contact a college or university closest to you and ask to speak with someone in the Education department.  Someone may be able to spread the word to Education majors-which would be prefered seeing as they will be dealing with those sort of things, and they are being trained how to do it.
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Carrying a "focus" could help you as well. By this, I mean an object of some personal significance that when your mind begins swirling and jumping about, you can hold it and think about that one thing.\n\nI used this for when I was emergency-sitting my friend's littlest sister (he had to go pick up the other sister from work and he wasn't yet allowed to have more than one passenger in the car.) I grabbed one of her stuffed animals and told her to hold it and say his name five times slowly and carefully whenever she started feeling "funny."\n\nJust a suggestion.
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Absolutely critical, if you pay attention.  Otherwise, try again next semester.\n\nHere's the deal.  Much learning occurs without studying.  Just hearing a lecture (even with your eyes closed) with move some stuff into the ole internal storage.  And watching a lecture (with your ears close is the same.  The instructor's inflection, body language and other non-verbal cues make the material much easier to master that just reading.\n\nHOWEVER, taking notes is a huge bump up the learning curve.  Writing down something triggers several additional learning pathways.  In fact, I found that I rarely have to read my notes.  But I HAVE to take them.  I can only think of two or three classes where I had to use my notes to study from.  But  I can't think of a single class where I didn't have to take notes to learn the material.\n\nCheck out the following:  Blooms Taxonomy,  Learning styles and the Theory of Multiple Intelligencies