Critical phenomena

There’s many ways of listening that people don 't really pay attention to or know about. Listening is a really important thing for us to do for many different reasons because without listening we might not understand the message correctly. "Many people find effective listening hard to define. When someone complains "You never listen!" what exactly does that mean? We can define listening as take notice of and act on what someone says. There is two things that are important to note about this…

as well as given me a valuable outlook of what I want to do after graduation. Looking back at the previous weeks during this clinical rotation has brought some invaluable insights on nursing practice, safety, and advocacy. Preconceptions of Critical Care Critical care for me in the beginning of the semester involved a higher level of care since the acuity of patients demanded that the ICU nurse be alert, knowledgeable, possess a keen understanding of pathophysiology, have strong organizational…

In their work over the past ten years, Malcom Gladwell and Steven Pinker have presented their research and hypotheses regarding the unexpected implications of contemporary social issues. Specifically, their respective views on preventing criminal activity and disproving the growing concerns in regards to society’s reliance on mass media. In an excerpt from Malcom Gladwell’s The Tipping Point, the author analyzes the application of a theory known as “the tipping point”. Likewise, Steven Pinker’s…

In the tenth century fable, “The Case of the Animals versus Man Before the King of the Jinn” from the Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity by the Brethren of Purity, the animals of the world sue and have a trial against the human race. While the king of the Jinn, who is basically the judge, listen to both the animal’s and human’s well- supported arguments.The humans point to many things such as their superior intellect to prove that they are the masters and the animals are the slaves. Although…

In his 1998 book, defines critical thinking as “skillful, responsible thinking that facilitates good judgment because it relies upon criteria, is self-correcting, and is sensitive to context.” It is a quote from my Text & Critics days and one that I gave to my class when they were…

Trying to explain learning to anyone is a challenge I think. I feel as though the term “learning” is not just one straight forward definition. If I had to explain it to someone who hasn’t taken this class, my old definition would have been simply any information gathered and stored in the brain through the use of our five senses. Taking this class, and critically reading the text given, has made me realize that my explanation of learning was only partially correct. After conducting a…

On July 30, 2012 three women from the punk group called Pussy Riot, Yekaterina Samutsevich, Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were in court on the charge of hooliganism for disrupting a church service in Moscow 's Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Although the evidence is enough to put away the three women the court acted unjust and biased throughout the whole trial denying Pussy Riot a fair trial. Since the Russian court system did not allow a fair and just trial for the members of Pussy…

Guided instruction and constuctivistic teaching are two instructional approaches. Guided instruction relies on the teachers to scaffold learning whereas constructivism relies on individual constructs, experiences, and adaptation. Both approaches have advantages and disadvantages. In addition, both approaches are affected by individual differences and developmental stages. Ultimately, constructivistic teaching is a much more effective approach because it incorporates so much more than…

In this article it mentions some interesting facts.it says that service learning has an impact on student in various aspect areas like critical thinking, moral development, leadership skill, and civic responsibility. No doubt, working with these kid make me need to be more critical thinking person in order to find a various ways to teach my fellow students, as individual student is different from another. It’s impossible that you can teach every kid in a…

cultural characteristics, experiences, and perspectives of ethnically diverse students as conduits for teaching them more effectively (p.44). This theory has also been aligned with the theory of critical pedagogy (Freire, 2006; Bell, 1987), which ultimately created a segue for the introduction of CRP. Critical pedagogy explains how position and power are widely influenced by the concept of race and class. Brown-Jeffy & Cooper (2011) expressed that "[c]ritical race theory brings attention…