The Thinker

My Teaching Philosophy The nature of knowledge should be relative. Each student is different, and their education should fit their needs. Education should help the child grow both mentally and emotionally. Students should be given the right to think on their own. They do not need a teacher who will take their free will away. Students should not have to conform to something in which they do not believe. They should have their own thought processes. The best philosophical approach toward a child’s education is progressivism. Progressivism allows the child to be a free-thinking individual. My teaching method will let the students become critical thinkers who can use their knowledge in the “outside world”. To accomplish this…

most famous piece of sculpture The Thinker. A full size bronze located in front of the Rodin museum in Paris, a copy of his work can be found in many countries around the world. The Thinker have been an icon or a symbol for many scholars and a replica of the piece can be seen in more than 30 countries. The robust sculpture measured approximately 71.50 cm in height, 58 cm in length and 40 cm in width. Depicted as a naked man who seems in deep thinking. The thinker was originally design as part of…

Upon reading the first two (2) chapters of the assigned textbook for this course, I was enlightened about the shortcuts I have taken when trying to solve a problem or problems. In these chapters, I was introduced to systematic steps in which one must think or, in other words, become a Creative Thinker and Critical Thinker. The road to becoming a critical thinker is not met without difficulties, however, the path to acquiring such a skill lies in the art of practice (Chaffee, 2009). This simply…

1. For me it is not easy to compare the critical thinking learned at school with the critical thinking needed and used in a job. The definition is obviously the same but, the background, the environment and the application of the CT is totally different. In my experience as a student and also a now, as a worker, I have found how much the use of critical thinking is different. Normally a student is not prepared to solve and manage some issue founded during a work, he need more experience for…

How did the enlightenment thinkers impact US government today? The Enlightenment was a way of thinking about things and an attitude toward man and how he interacted with his world. It wasn't so much of a movement to gather others to join it as a group of thinkers that based their basic ideas and beliefs on reason. Jefferson took two of the main ideas of Enlightenment thinker John Locke as a guide in the Declaration of Independence. He stated that "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that…

Learning to Think Like a Nurse Nurses are constantly exposed to many patients with different presentations of signs and symptoms. Some similar and others varying from those typical to a certain diagnosis. It is very easy to jump the gun and assume that a patient has a certain diagnosis due to their subjective and objective presentation along with lab results. The Quality in Australian Healthcare Study found that, “cognitive failure was a factor in fifty-seven percent of adverse clinical events”…

becoming a critical thinker in our contemporary world, is being able to become more objective in our thinking than subjective. This is a tremendous challenge for most of us due to the fact that it is very difficult for human beings to think critically about a given situation without their thinking process being affected by their subjective opinions, and/or emotions, interfering with the clarity of their rational thinking process. This challenge is exacerbated by the fact that the information…

Is an expert someone well educated in a certain field? Does an expert solely focus on the things that interest them and forsake everything? Jeff Hawkins the founder of Palm computing is considered an experts in computers. Jeff’s love for computer didn’t come over night. It was a lifelong passion that started at a young age. His father instilled a love for learning in him at a young age that is still present is his works today. His father mentored him and pushed him to ask questions. His…

Importances of change for the good of society, require ideas. The 17th and 18th century was a period of many changes. In Western Europe, philosophes known as Enlightenment thinker’s, had one belief. Their belief was that people had natural laws or truths that they do not always recognize. Also, thinkers shared their confidence in people’s ability to use reason to discover truths. Individual’s freedom was their main perspective, in order for society to improve over time. The Enlightenment thinker…

2.1.3. An Ideal Critical Thinker Although the above-discussed definitions and sets critical thinking characteristics emphasize the abilities or skills that one should exhibit as requirements for critical thought, a person still needs to possess certain dispositions (Ennis 1985 as cited in Paul et al. 1997, Bailin et al. 1999). Having dispositions here is referred to being willing, motivated or committed to thinking critically (Paul et al. 1997) as well as displaying ‘critical spirit’ (Passmore…