https://padlet.com/itaylor51/r15aax9isdq2 What have I learned from this class? en-us 2019-01-29 05:09:31 UTC 2026-01-07 13:33:18 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Shakinghands.png itaylor51 https://padlet.com/itaylor51/r15aax9isdq2/wish/325245398 As listed in the eleventh edition of "Asking the Right Questions" by M. Browne and S. Keeley, critical thinking refers to three elements known as the 'Three Dimensions of Critical Thinking':
"1) awareness of a set of interrelated critical questions;
2) ability to ask and answer these critical questions in an appropriate manner; and
3) desire to actively use the critical questions" (Browne, Keeley, pg. 4).
The following video provides a brief explanation of how critical thinking can be applied to everyday life.]]> 2019-01-29 05:15:21 UTC https://padlet.com/itaylor51/r15aax9isdq2/wish/325245398 itaylor51 https://padlet.com/itaylor51/r15aax9isdq2/wish/325247613 It is interesting to consider the different approaches to thinking, and that not all thinking is critical thinking. In the first chapter of "Asking the Right Questions," the authors introduce two alternative forms of thinking which can act as complimentary assets to one another: the sponge approach and the panning-for-gold approach. Whereas the sponge approach is the process of information absorption, the panning-for-gold approach is the active involvement of a listener or reader evaluating the worth of the information being acquired.]]> 2019-01-29 05:35:04 UTC https://padlet.com/itaylor51/r15aax9isdq2/wish/325247613 itaylor51 https://padlet.com/itaylor51/r15aax9isdq2/wish/325249435 In order to become an effective critical thinker, chapter two of "Asking the Right Questions" describes a variety of so-called 'speed bumps' that an individual must be aware of. The speed bumps of focus for this writing include stereotypes and a betraying mental habit known as the halo effect.]]> 2019-01-29 05:51:18 UTC https://padlet.com/itaylor51/r15aax9isdq2/wish/325249435 itaylor51 https://padlet.com/itaylor51/r15aax9isdq2/wish/325250726 In the novel, "Jasmine" by Bharati Mukherjee, the main character Jasmine runs into her own stereotypical speed bump based on the traditions of her feudal village culture. "Prakash yelled every time I told him that I wanted to get pregnant. I was past fifteen, and girls in the village, and my mother, were beginning to talk. He said he was too poor to start a family and I was too young. My kind of feudal compliance was what still kept India an unhealthy and backward nation" (Mukherjee, pg. 77). Here, Jasmine's husband, Prakash, is attempting to reason with her about having a child due to their circumstances, but Jasmine feels peer-pressured by a stereotype in her own culture that at times prevents her from critically thinking.]]> 2019-01-29 06:06:58 UTC https://padlet.com/itaylor51/r15aax9isdq2/wish/325250726 itaylor51 https://padlet.com/itaylor51/r15aax9isdq2/wish/325252732 In the playwright entitled "M. Butterfly" by David Henry Hwang, it would seem that once the main character, Rene Gallimard, recognized that he was in love with whom he believed was a Chinese actress, he became captivated by the halo effect. In a court hearing in France, the Chinese actress reveals that she is in fact a male spy of communist China who was in a twenty-year affair with Gallimard, but, apparently, without his knowledge. The spy, known as Song Liling, confesses to the courtroom that "when he [Gallimard] finally met his fantasy woman, he wanted more than anything to believe that she was, in fact, a woman" (Hwang, pg. 83). It is clear Gallimard had placed Song in a light where she could do no wrong in his mind, but that was the speed bump that disrupted his critical thinking abilities.]]> 2019-01-29 06:25:51 UTC https://padlet.com/itaylor51/r15aax9isdq2/wish/325252732 itaylor51 https://padlet.com/itaylor51/r15aax9isdq2/wish/325260561 In an article about a tweet, or twitter post, from rap artist Kendrick Lamar, found on the website Hot New Hip Hop, it is apparent that critical thinking skills can be used even in trivial matters. The writer of the article dives into various ideas and information about why the rap artist posted, and quickly deleted his post, which read, "Protecting my heart like never before." From speculations on quoting follow rap artist Future's verse from his mixtape Beast Mode 2's "Some More" to hinting toward a release of upcoming work from Lamar himself, the interrelationship of the sponge and panning-for-gold approach are evident. The writer is evaluating a collection of information he has gathered from various sources to have a better understanding of what he and his readers are interested in.]]> 2019-01-29 07:19:38 UTC https://padlet.com/itaylor51/r15aax9isdq2/wish/325260561 itaylor51 https://padlet.com/itaylor51/r15aax9isdq2/wish/325264166 2019-01-29 07:36:50 UTC https://padlet.com/itaylor51/r15aax9isdq2/wish/325264166