...Active, persistent, and careful consideration of a belief or supposed form of knowledge in the light of the grounds which support it and the further conclusions to which it tends. (Dewey, 1909) Active, persistent, and careful consideration of a belief or supposed form of knowledge in the light of the grounds which support it and the further conclusions to which it tends. (Dewey, 1909) Cassandra L. Hamel Cassandra L. Hamel My Personal Reflection HUM/114 University of Phoenix Maya Chapman October 22, 2012 My Personal Reflection HUM/114 University of Phoenix Maya Chapman October 22, 2012 There are many ways to describe critical thinking her are some of the ways some of the great thinkers of the past describe it, "For myself, I found that I was fitted for nothing so well as for the study of Truth; as having a mind nimble and versatile enough to catch the resemblances of things... and at the same time steady enough to fix and distinguish their subtler differences; as being gifted by nature with desire to seek, patience to doubt, fondness to meditate, slowness to assert, readiness to consider, carefulness to dispose and set in order; and as being a man that neither affects what is new nor admires what is old, and that hates every kind of imposture."(Sir Francis Bacon). "Critical thinking is the examination and test of propositions of any kind which are offered for acceptance, in order to find out whether...
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...Critical Thinking Reflection Lisa Fenelon HUM/114 June 10, 2014 Allen Siegel Critical Thinking Reflection Will receiving a college degree improve your career opportunities? Yes receiving a college degree will improve my career opportunities in numerous of ways. With my college degree it will upsurge my earning potential because with my degree I can have a better a job to make more money. My degree will make me more competitive in my career field and it will open more doors for me. Receiving my college degree will help me be suitable for higher paying job positions and promotions; most likely I will be working in a field that I love providing me with job fulfillment. With my degree I will be educated in my field and become an educated person allowing me to beat the odds of statistics. In receiving my degree it will lead to greater job stability because if the economy goes down again it is less likely I will be laid off. Overall, receiving my college degree will improve my career opportunity financially and educationally and I will benefit with a successful career, satisfaction and growth. In addition, the process of critical thinking will relate to the process that I used to find content in my answer because I did think about my answer and analyze my advantages to receiving my degree and how I will accomplish that goal. I weight out all my options to get my degree and I sat and thought about all the benefits to receiving my degree and came up with the solution to go to...
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...Critical Thinking Reflection HUM/114 October 12, 2015 Brandi Rowley Critical Thinking Reflection The three lessons that I have learned from this course are, the Eight Steps Process to Becoming a Better Critical Thinker, Barriers to Critical Thinking, and the Five-Step Model of Problem Solving. The Eight-Step Process to Becoming a Better Critical Thinker The Eight Step process to becoming a better critical thinker is important, before this class, I really did not think that there was a process to something that I already knew/did. When working on the process of becoming a better critical thinker, it should be a good idea, to carry around a notepad. This way you can research. The first step is to recognize the need to improve your critical thinking. The second step is recognizing what barriers prevent me from developing the critical thinking skills. The third step, is trying to find out how I can modify or replace them. The fourth step is determining the reliability of the source. Fifth step is to determine the credibility of the source. Sixth step understands the steps for problem solving. The seventh reason is applying problem solving skills to your everyday life. The eight step, should lead you towards becoming a better critical thinker. Barriers to critical thinking The second lesson that I learned in this course, is the barriers there are against Critical Thinkers. Learning about what can prevent me from becoming a critical thinking...
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...Reflection of Critical Thinking Jolene Tucker Hum/114 February 16th 2015 Dr. Belinda Moses Reflection of Critical Thinking Has the United States peaked as a world power? No, the United States has not peaked as a world power. Reflection of the process of critical thinking: How does the process of critical thinking you used relate to or differ from the process you used to find content for your answer? I found that I am evaluating my way of thinking more. By researching a little, the discovery I made was that in 1890 our Congress enacts an antitrust act. It is a law that was designed to give competition and free enterprise. I broke up the monopolies to give everyone a fair shake. The Act of July 2, 1890 also known as the Sherman Anti-Trust Act states that “Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, is declared to be illegal” (“Sherman Antitrust Act,” 2014). The Act also provides: "Every person who shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other person or persons, to monopolize any part of the trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, shall be deemed guilty of a felony” (“Sherman Antitrust Act,” 2014). This act keeps consumers of big businesses from using dishonest means to raise prices falsely, such as deliberately producing too few goods to meet consumer demand and thereby...
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...Problem Solving Process Raul Montenegro HUM 114 October 30, 2013 Lilia Rosales Problem Solving Process Problem solving can be used when a problem or issue arises. I have currently been going through a behavioral issue with my son that has been distressing me. I am separated from my son's mother and ordered by the attorney general to see him every other weekend with the exception of holidays. The shared parenting has made it harder for me to help my son with his behavior issues that he has developed at home with his mother. In this paper I will cover the problem solving process that I have taken to improve my son's bad behavior at home and at school. I was able to distinguish between the problems and issues from my son's behavior. The situation is an issue because it also involves partisan involvement from school staff and future involvement of professionals. How can I find an effective treatment to fix my son's behavioral issues that he is experiencing at home and at school? I have begun to research effective therapies that I have learned through the completed courses from my human services field of study. An effective treatment is cognitive behavioral therapy or also known as CBT. I am also taking tips from my girlfriend who is an early childhood graduate. In addition, I am also using strategies that I learned from working at a behavioral treatment center. The solution to my son's behavioral issue is to effectively combine the cognitive behavioral therapy...
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...Personal Reflection Bryant Gripp HUM/114 April 17, 2014 Deborah Shrum Personal Reflection What is critical thinking? For me, critical thinking is not just one thing. Critical thinking is finding the logical solution or answer. Clear rational thought and the ability to engage in reflective and independent thought. Not everything that you hear or see is what it seems. Sometimes there are hidden meanings, nonfactual statements that you must determine if valid or not. Questioning the statement or researching a topic may bring truthful facts to your attention. Critical thinking takes everything you know and feel and throws it away. Now you must look at everything with an open mind and soul. The idea is not something that is perfect, evaluating the idea from every possible point is necessary. Strip yourself of everything that you know and be curious about everything. What are the most significant things that you learned about critical thinking during this course? The most significant thing that I learned from this course is that critical thinking involves learning. Instead of taking things for granted you need to ask questions and investigate things that you do not know about. When someone is speaking or writing pay attention to what they are trying to say. If you do not get it then ask questions. Every idea or statement must be backed up with facts, not just someone's opinion. How has your critical thinking changed since starting this course? To...
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...Personal Reflection HUM/114 Personal Reflection In this paper I will discuss what critical thinking is and how my personal critical thinking skills have developed and possibly changed. Before starting the Critical and Creative Thinking course, I was unaware of the differences between thinking and critical thinking. The first assignment for the class was the “What Kind of Thinker Are You?” From this, I learned the differences between thinking and critical thinking, the strategies for developing critical thinking, and the different stages of thinking. What is Critical Thinking? Critical thinking is different from just thinking in general. Thinking is considered daydreaming, and is distorted, or uniformed. However, critical thinking is more controlled, is improved thinking, and is more of a problem solver. One would be critically thinking when he or she breaks each thought down into analyzing, and assessing each task. A critical thinker will direct their thinking with details and organization. “It is the ability to apply reasoning and logic to new or unfamiliar ideas, opinions, and situations. Thinking critically involves seeing things in an open-minded way and examining an idea or concept from as many angles as possible. This important skill allows one to look past their own views of the world and to better understand the opinions of others” (Wise Geek.org, 2013, para 1). What I have Significantly Learned I have learned many things about critical thinking; however...
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...HUM/114 07/05/2012 Personal Reflection Paper Justin Randall What is critical thinking? In this assignment I will discuss what critical thinking is and how I have developed as a person with my critical thinking skills. I will also reevaluate my skills and give a formal and concise reason behind why I decided to change my level of critical thinking. 1. What is critical thinking? a. Critical 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, or communication, as a guide to belief and action. 2. What are the three most significant things that you learned about critical thinking during this course? The three most significant things I have learned about critical thinking are as follows: b. Clarify Your Thinking i. Be on the look-out for vague, fuzzy, formless, blurred thinking. Try to figure out the real meaning of what people are saying. Look on the surface. Look beneath the surface. Try to figure out the real meaning of important news stories. Explain your understanding of an issue to someone else to help clarify it in your own mind. Practice summarizing in your own words what others say. Then ask them if you understood them correctly. You should neither agree nor disagree with what anyone says until you (clearly) understand them. c. Stick to the...
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...Critical Thinking Reflection R. D. H. HUM/114 D. C. 2015 Receiving a college degree can improve my career opportunities by opening a new line of work to better my future, not only for financial reasons but also this will improve my knowledge skills as well. During the time period I chose to go for my Bachelor’s Degree in Web Design was while I was looking for work. I was on a job site and did not notice that I did not uncheck the little square box about furthering my education. I honestly did not give it much thought until I received a call from University of Phoenix advisor, I explained my situation to him. He informed me that they did not have a program for welding, however I enclosed that I had an eye out for Web Design. So we went through the setup for it and here I am today just finishing up my 8th course, I am so glad I took the back to school option. I am now feeling a lot better of myself, and I even hold my head up higher then I have ever had. I am receiving a lot of support from friends, family, and coworkers, this helps me focus on the ultimate accomplishment of receiving my degree. I can say that by having belief in yourself you can accomplish anything if you work hard enough for it. My process of critical thinking I used are as followed, first I sat down and realized the problem I was facing. The problem is I was down and out, and my life was falling apart with no job and no site of a career in my future. Second I stopped and looked for alternatives...
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...Literature Review: Our thesis aims to evaluate work based learning approaches in developing acute skills for nurses in critical care wards. In this section of the literature review, we will discuss policies in the nursing profession, case studies and various approaches to work based acute skills learning programmes. For our purposes we conducted a literature search using popular medical databases and terms such as ‘acute skills’ ‘learning programmes’ and ‘critical care learning’. Our review highlights on the several important approaches to work based learning ranging from reflective practice to experiential learning and work based formal practical training to enhance professional skills. A learning programme for acute ward nurses responsible for caring of critically ill patients has been the central focus of nursing practice development. According to Coad et al (2002), a work-based learning approach has been found to empower ward staff with the necessary skills of nursing and the authors studied the efficacy of a five-day competency based high dependency skills course in enhancing professionalism and quality of care in nursing. The aims of comprehensive critical care are developing leadership potential and enhancing networking opportunities for nurses within critical care and acute ward areas. Critical care is the most challenging aspect of nursing care and acute skills in nursing are enhanced not just by work-based learning programs but also from first hand nursing and...
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...Land Records Paper.. 1. What is the date of death of Nusrat Bhuto-------- October 23, 2011 2. What is the date of death of Arfa Karim-----------14 January 2012 3. Which Pakistani woman won Oscar Award----------Sharmin Obaid Chenuy 4. On which date Abbotabad operation was carried out--------2may2011 5. How many number of balls in snooker game----------------22 6. Which is the world expensive city--------------Zurich 7. Where is the dum dum airport------------------calcuta 8. World Econimic forum kahan hua-----------Davos 9. Women protection bill of acid thrown on face passed on-----13.12.11 10. which country is largest producer of coffee ----------Brazil 11. G4 countries konsi hn-----------india, brazil, germany, japan 12. Pakistan cabinet recognize India as most favorite nation(MFN)-----11.1.12 13. How many deserts are in Punjab-------------2 14. Dr.Abdulsalam ko kab nobel prize mila------------1979 15. Nobe prize kon si country daita hae -------------Sweden 16. Neil amstrong ny kb moon pr step rkha -------------1969 17. When Pakistan joined UNO-----30sep1947 18. When IMF was established----1945 19. Who was the first captain of Pakistan Cricket team?----------Hafeez Kardar 20. Savak agency ks mulk ki hae ..--Iran 21. old athme kis country ka hae------Japan 22. punjab act kb khatam howa tha .... 23. fasal kharif ki insepection kb start karna chahey---March 24. fasal rabi ki insepction kb start karni chahey ----October ...
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...Introduction Would you ever admit to committing a crime that you didn’t actually commit? Of course not, says common sense. Naturally, it is difficult to understand why anyone would confess to a crime they didn’t commit. However, false confessions are one the leading causes of wrongful convictions.1 As the Supreme Court of Canada noted in R v. Oickle, innocent people are induced to make false confessions more frequently than those unacquainted with the phenomenon might expect.2 In North America, we can trace the existence of false confessions back to the Salem Witch Trials, where a number of women were persecuted for witchcraft on the basis of confessions that were obtained through torture and threats.3 More recent false confessions have been obtained under psychological duress and not with torture or threats of physical harm.4 Nevertheless, with the developments in law and policies in place to control interrogation methods, false confessions continue to persist.5 This begs the question, are interrogation methods solely responsible for false confessions, or does some of the responsibility fall on the confessor? Scholars and social scientists agree, that it is not solely harsh interrogation tactics that lead to false confessions but it is the combination of these tactics with psychological factors such as, intelligence and personality, which contribute to the likelihood of a suspect providing a false confession.6 While there are currently solutions for avoiding false confessions...
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...CHAPTER 1 The Problem and its Background Introduction The term curriculum refers to the programme of study in various academic subjects followed by students at various levels of education. The school or college’s teaching staff are employed to teach this curriculum, and students are periodically assessed in their progress in each curriculum subject. As they grow older, students’ achievements in their curriculum subjects are seen as important in helping them get into a good university or college, and to find a good job when they leave education. The academic curriculum has never been all that schools and colleges offer to their students. Often a range of other classes, clubs and activities is available to students, sometimes in lessons but more often in the lunch break or after school. These are referred to as the co-curriculum, or as extra-curricular activities, and they are mostly voluntary for students. Examples would include sports, musical activities, debate, Model United Nations, community service, religious study groups, charitable fundraising, Young Enterprise projects, military cadet activities, drama, science clubs, and hobbies such as gardening, crafts, cookery and dance. Because they are not examined in the same way that the academic curriculum is, and because most of them take place outside lessons, such activities have less status in education than the main curriculum. However, they are often held to be very important to the wider education of young men and...
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...GRADE 9 Learning Module MUSIC (Qtr 1 to 4) Compilation by Ben: r_borres@yahoo.com MUSIC LEARNER’S MATERIAL GRADE 9 Unit 1 To the illustrator: Using the blank map of Europe, place pictures of ALL the composers featured in EACH UNIT around the map and put arrows pointing to the country where they come from. Maybe you can use better looking arrows and format the composer’s pictures in an oval shape. The writers would like to show where the composers come from. I am attaching a file of the blank map and please edit it with the corresponding name and fill it the needed area with different colors. Please follow the example below. (Check the pictures of the composers and their hometowns in all the units.) Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Music Page 1 MUSIC LEARNER’S MATERIAL GRADE 9 Unit 1 Time allotment: 8 hours LEARNING AREA STANDARD The learner demonstrates an understanding of basic concepts and processes in music and art through appreciation, analysis and performance for his/her self-development, celebration of his/her Filipino cultural identity and diversity, and expansion of his/her world vision. key - stage STANDARD The learner demonstrates understanding of salient features of music and art of the Philippines and the world, through appreciation, analysis, and performance, for self-development, the celebration of Filipino cultural identity and diversity, and the expansion of one’s world vision...
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...THE EMPLOYER AND THE EX-OFFENDER: THE DISCRIMINATORY EFFECTS OF CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………………… 3 II. OFFENDER AND EX OFFENDER HISTORY IN THE UNITED STATES………….. 5 A. LEGAL HISTORY OF EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST EX OFFENDERS ……… 5 B. THE NUMBER OF EX OFFENDERS IS RAPIDLY INCREASING .............................................................................8 C. IMPACT OF CONVICTION ON EMPLOYABILITY OF EX OFFENDERS ................................................................. 10 III. CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS AID IN THE DISPROPORTIONATE EXCLUSION OF MINORITIES ………………………………………………………………………………… 13 A. EMPLOYERS ARE PREJUDICED UPON FINDING CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS .................................................. 13 B. BLACKS AND LATINOS ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE WORK FORCE DUE TO STIGMAS OF MINORITY STATUS AND CRIMINAL RECORD ....................................................................................................................... 15 IV. HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY TURNS ON EMPLOYER HIRING PRACTICES INFLUENCED BY CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS………………………………………………………………………………………… 18 A. THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION ATTEMPTS TO PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED GUIDANCE ON CONDUCTING CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS AND SUBSEQUENT HIRING PRACTICES ..................................................................................................................... 18 B. NOTABLE LEGAL ACTION STEMMING...
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