...A Comparison of Critical Thinking Skills between Associate, Baccalaureate, and RN-to-BSN Nurses A Comparison of Critical Thinking Skills between Associate, Baccalaureate, and RN-to-BSN Nurses There are many differences in the competencies between associate and baccalaureate level nurses. Associate level nursing programs tend to concentrate on the more technical aspects of nursing which allows students once they graduate to provide appropriate care to patients and families, especially during times of illness. They may practice on a more restricted level, making their nursing skills limited to more direct patient care in nursing homes and hospitals. Baccalaureate nursing programs improve on these skills by teaching more critical thinking to allow a more thorough approach to caring for their patients. RN-to-BSN programs allow ADN nurses that have grown confident in their hands-on skills and want to gain more critical thinking skills the ability to build on their education and "prepare...for a broader scope of practice" (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2014). The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) notes multiple research studies linking fewer medication errors, lower mortality rates and more positive patient outcomes to nursing education received at the baccalaureate level (2014). BSN programs also help teach the leadership needed for nursing supervision and prepare their nurses for graduate studies. Critical thinking competency is key...
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...Critical Thinking and Its Importance in Education By Kadoko Chanda 1. Introduction Technology, travel and business have brought countries together, so does our thinking evolve. No more thinking within our boundaries, we need critical thinking to evaluate our own decisions in everything we do. For example, how do you teach students without discriminating their beliefs or religion? How do we start a business in a country with different laws from ours and still incorporate our business values? So, what is critical thinking? 2. What is Critical Thinking? Critical thinking according to Hamilton-Reeves (2009) is the process of filtering information by removing emotional and environmental discrepancies and remaining neutral to make the most accurate decision. On the other hand Elder and Paul (1994, pp.34-35) believes critical thinking is the "ability of thinkers to take charge of their own thinking by developing sound criteria and standards for analyzing and assessing" information to make an informed decision. Lastly, critical thinking from a general psychology point of view is analyzing ones standards, facts and assessing conclusions (Petress, 2004). From the above analysis, it is apparent that critical thinking is a process that guides ones logical decision making process by analyzing all possible information before making a decision, therefore reducing the chances of making quick and unethical decisions. According to Hamilton-Reeves (2009), critical thinking improves your...
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...as to why they enrol in university. According to The National Union of Students (2008; pp.3-4) 95% of students attend university in order to make a career for themselves, 67 % attend university because of social and economic expectations and 57% of students enrol in tertiary education in order to improve themselves. Whatever may be the reason or field of study, certain skills are required for the success in university and most students who graduate from higher education may have attained these particular skills; also known as employability skills defined by Robinson (2000; p.1) as “the basic skills necessary for getting, keeping and doing well in a job”, which inevitably benefit graduates when entering the corporate world. This argument shall elaborate and evaluate skills acquired and developed within a university setting with both positive and negative influences, by applying certain skills to particular examples of everyday situations within the corporate world and the community. This argument shall break down the main attributes of critical thinking with reference to research done by reputable authors. The importance and relevance of academic writing and critical literacy shall also be cross examined with the main elements of corporate writing, also referred to as business writing. An evaluation of ‘’ The academic discourse and Culture’’ (Wallace, Schirato, & Bright. 1999, pp. 18-21) shall also be provided in the body of this argument. Communication is a very important skill...
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...Critical Thinkers and Education A Teachers Goal Bia Mcgrue Scypion EDU372: Educational Psychology Prof. Jimletta Vareene-Thomas 2/20/2016 Critical Thinkers and Education A Teachers Goal Throughout life we are challenged and we encounter an abundance of issues or problems that we need to solve. Some problems that can be resolved effortlessly and efficiently but other obstacles may require a more critical and creative thinking to overcome. When it comes down to thinking to solve problems we depend on our thinking or give some regurgitated answer that we just read. But “much of our thinking, left to itself, is biased, distorted, partial, uninformed, or downright prejudiced” (TCTC, 2016). The purpose of critical thinking is so that we are able to not only accomplish or attain understanding but also so we can assess or check each other’s frame of reference and eventually clarify the question or dilemma at hand. Some would argue whose challenge is it to get students to move pass their beliefs and assumption. Is it on students to dig deeper to gain or find additional tools and information that leads to developing a more in depth thought process. Richard Dawkins expressed that we should “not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you” (Dawkins, 2015). Picture a student who completes every assignment follows along attentively writes down the notes and answers the questions with the information found...
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...Critical Thinking: What It Is and Why It Counts Peter A. Facione The late George Carlin worked “critical thinking” into one of his comedic monologue rants on the perils of trusting our lives and fortunes to the decision-making of people who were gullible, uninformed, and unreflective. Had he lived to experience the economic collapse of 2008 and 2009, he would have surely added more to his caustic but accurate assessments regarding how failing to anticipate the consequences of one’s decisions often leads to disastrous results not only for the decision maker, but for many other people as well. After years of viewing higher education as more of a private good which benefits only the student, we are again beginning to appreciate higher education as being also a public good which benefits society. Is it not a wiser social policy to invest in the education of the future workforce, rather than to suffer the financial costs and endure the fiscal and social burdens associated with economic weakness, public health problems, crime, and avoidable poverty? Perhaps that realization, along with its obvious advantages for high level strategic decision making, is what lead the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to comment on critical thinking in his commencement address to a graduating class of military officers. Teach people to make good decisions and you equip them to improve © 2013, 2011, 2006, 2004, 1998, 1992, Peter A. Facione, Measured Reasons and The California Academic Press...
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...Fine arts and music education should continue in public schools. Anyone exposed to the arts and/or music benefits from life-long advantages. Education in these areas is associated with improvement in mathematics, reading, cognitive ability, critical thinking, and verbal skills. These are very important aspects in life, all of them necessary in order to make a mark on society. Studies also show that involvement in the arts increases motivation, boosts confidence, and also improves concentration and teamwork skills. Again, these are very important aspects in life. Students who are exposed to the arts generally perform better on standardized testing than those who do not. This is due to the academic gain in important subjects such as math and reading, which have a tendency to be tested the most heavily. Also, as stated before, students exposed to the arts gain important critical thinking skills, which is included in most standardized testing. Unfortunately, some school districts fail to recognize the importance of education in the arts. Over the past three decades, art education has been gradually slipping. The result? Lower test scores. I’m sure you can see the correlation. On the bright side, a majority of the United States realize the importance of art education. Forty states require art education in order to graduate from high school. Those 80% of high school graduates in our country more than likely have better jobs and better communication skills. Why? Because they participated...
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...EDUCATION Critical thinking and analysis: a model for written assignments Sharon L Edwards W hat is critical analysis? In the author’s personal experience this question has been answered by the following statement: ‘It is being critical of the literature.’ However, this does not answer the question. A literature search also failed to provide any information on critical analysis. The justification for developing a model for critical analysis, however, was not solely the lack of available literature. Other reasons included: to provide a definition of the terms; and to help both educationalists and students interpret the concepts involved. Nurse educationalists and nursing students lack a clear understanding of the critical processes and this could severely diminish the profession’s ability to articulate issues that are imperative to the advancement of nursing practice in the future. This article recommends a model of critical analysis that can be used by students and educationalists. It suggests that critical thinking and analysis are interrelated and complementary, but not synonymous. It gives examples of the model’s components in order to clarify their meaning. The model will hopefully give students a premise on which to base their assignments, and nurse educationalists will be able to incorporate it into their teaching practice. It will also provide an element of reality to critical analysis which will prevent it from becoming so abstract and idealistic as to render...
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...“The Banking Concept of Education” 2. Free write about the following: Why have you chosen this essay to focus on? What list of issues are key to the essay you've chosen? Which issues seem most important to you? I want to explore the concepts of praxis and poesies in education. Freire claims that the Banking Concept of the education represses students from praxis. I want to explore in what sense because education even in the Banking method requires practice, at least even in becoming a better memorizer. If the students are engaging in praxis then is there any poesies happening? Are the teachers or the students really creating anything? Or, are they both just acting like inorganic entities following a series of protocols and memorizing algorithms? My next goal is to point to the Math Department at Brooklyn College and do an investigation on the curriculums of the different math courses. I’m currently in a Pre-Calculus class and “doing well” requires that the student memorizes hundreds of properties in a short period of time and apply them on examples. The problem with the examples is that they are alienated from reality. For example, if I propose to you that 1+ 1 = 2 without illustrating to you why this relationship is true and just ask you to memorize a table of different results such as 1+ 1 = 2, 2+ 2 = 4 and etc… are you really learning anything? My goal after that will be to investigate schools/programs that follow Banking Education Guidelines and what Friere...
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...The Benefits of Debate Why Supporting High School Debate is a Worthwhile Project The core of competitive high school debate is to examine every side of important and controversial issues in an atmosphere of reasoned argument and respectful discourse. The enormous effort that students put forth to succeed in this intellectually exciting activity is truly inspiring. They devote a huge number of hours to research, discussion, case writing, and practicing for competitions. They spend countless evenings and weekends at tournaments competing for their schools and teammates. The benefits they accrue as a result of all their hard work are numerous. Here are just a few: Rigorous and Critical Thinking Perhaps the most important skill debaters learn is the ability to think rigorously and critically. A number of studies have reported that participation in debate increasing the critical thinking of debate students.1 Debate participation promotes problem solving and innovative thinking, and helps students to build links between words and ideas that make concepts more meaningful.2 Debate students are taught to synthesize wide bodies of complex information, and to exercise creativity and implement different ways of knowing.3 Learning to think well has far reaching effects into every aspect of a student’s life. Academic Skills Many studies show marked improvement in a wide variety of academic skills as a result of participation in competitive debate. Debate students excel in written...
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...the Effectiveness of Online Resources in Developing Student Critical Thinking: Review of Literature and Case Study of a Critical Thinking Online Site Erst Carmichael University of Western Sydney, e.carmichael@uws.edu.au Helen Farrell University of New South Wales, h.farrell@unsw.edu.au Follow this and additional works at: http://ro.uow.edu.au/jutlp Recommended Citation Carmichael, Erst and Farrell, Helen, Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Online Resources in Developing Student Critical Thinking: Review of Literature and Case Study of a Critical Thinking Online Site, Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, 9(1), 2012. Available at:http://ro.uow.edu.au/jutlp/vol9/iss1/4 Research Online is the open access institutional repository for the University of Wollongong. For further information contact the UOW Library: research-pubs@uow.edu.au Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Online Resources in Developing Student Critical Thinking: Review of Literature and Case Study of a Critical Thinking Online Site Abstract A graduate's ability to be a critical thinker is expected by many employers; therefore development of students’ critical-thinking skills in higher education is important. There is also a perception that today’s students are technologically "savvy", and appreciate the inclusion of a technological approach to learning. However, the complexity of the concept of critical thinking and the assumptions about students’ technological skills are ...
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...The lack of parental participation in special education remains an issue. Despite putting different practices in place for children with learning disabilities it seems the attention and the drive to do it is not there. Parental Involvement is still limited whether it is because of not understanding the disability of the child or severity, or becoming overwhelmed or just no time because of lack of time management. This paper gives a study of facts and details of things that can possible aide in getting the parent involved in the child’s educational process. Every child should be educated no matter what the circumstances. The reason why most children do not succeed is due to the lack of parental involvement in their education process. The government has placed many policies in place to help parents get involved. The individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) are a law that ensures disabilities throughout the nation (U.S. Department of Education, 2011). In this essay I will give supporting details about the No Child left being Act, potential involvement, limitations and ways the parent can participate. The No Child Left Behind act has been the law for nearly 10 years. In the year 2011 President Bush requested Congress to reauthorize ESEA/NCLB in 2007. The Obama administration introduced his version for ESEA which stands for Elementary and Secondary Education Act and Congress still did not respond. This is where the parental involvement and the people are able to get involved...
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...TCHE2079 – Tertiary Teaching and Learning This model is from a different subject, but the process of evaluation is the same. Evaluating a Source 1. Refer to the most important source (book/article/webpage) you used in your Synthesis Essay. Respond to the topics and questions below and evaluate the source. Source: Davies M 2009, „Computer assisted argument mapping: a rationale approach‟, Higher Education, vol. 58, no. 6, pp. 799-820. Full citation of the source, according to RMIT referencing guide for “Reference Lists” Topic Evaluation Authority (50 words) Is that author an expert? What evidence is there to support this? Martin Davies is an expert in this field. I Googled his name and found that he has 2 doctorates and is presently a Senior Lecturer in Higher Education in the Teaching and Learning Unit and an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Economics at Melbourne University. His page on the Melb. Uni. website lists all his publications (about 70), many of which are concerned with critical thinking in tertiary learning. Validity & Accuracy (50 words) How do you know the information is accurate? Is it from a valid source, e.g. an educational institution? Find out if it is peer reviewed or been passed by an editorial panel, eg is it in a refereed journal? His article includes an appendix in which he has placed all the data from the quantitative study he conducted. Though I can‟t be sure that this data were analysed correctly...
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...Critical Thinking Andrea Butler GEN200 02/10/2015 Lisa Delman Critical Thinking According to Halpern, critical thinking is “thinking that is purposeful, reasoned, goal oriented. (Moore, 2010) Critical thinking brings together analyzed different information to help makes decisions. Usually, a well analyzed situation leads to better decision which is why critical thinking is important. Steps in Critical Thinking Critical Thinking has six unique levels which include 1) Remembering, 2) Understanding, 3) Applying, 4) Analyzing, 5) Evaluating, and 6) Creating. (Ellis & Toft, 2015). All the levels of thinking can be used independently for simple decisions that require lower levels of thinking. For example at levels one through three where one may be looking for few decision options. (Ellis & Toft, 2015). However, for critical thinking, all the levels need to work together because you need to discover or create complex solutions. Explanation of How Emotion Influence Your Decision Making When making decision, you need be aware and check for attitude, logic and evidence. (Ellis & Toft, 2015). These three are strategies used with all level of thinking. But an emotion can significantly affect them. Because when emotion is introduced rational thinking is sometimes pushed aside. For example, when you and your mate are angry at each other you may say or do things that normally you would not do. Then when everyone has calmed down and started to think about what he...
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...Draw on Bloom's taxonomy to demonstrate the value of thinking about thinking. Good morning/afternoon/evening, wherever this presentation finds you. I will be drawing on Bloom’s taxonomy to understand and demonstrate the importance of thinking about thinking. I will be discussing a brief history surrounding the taxonomy, what it means today, the different levels of thinking involved and how they differ, plus demonstrate how we can reach sophisticated thinking within academia and our lives using fictional examples. First, a bit of history to understand the subject at hand. The original framework was conceived as a means of measuring educational objectives. Benjamin S. Bloom initiated the idea, beginning in 1949, with a final draft published in 1956 (Krathwohl, 2002). Initially, the term taxonomy was unfamiliar as an education term and misunderstood, receiving little attention at the time (Krathwohl, 2002). The revised framework, was developed 45 years later by Anderson and Krathwohl in 2001 in order to fit the more outcome-focused modern educational objectives (Huitt, 2011). The differing frameworks are illustrated and you can see the similarities between the two. They are arranged in a hierarchy from less to more complex. I like the acronyms used here from LOTS (lower order thinking skills) to HOTS (higher order thinking skills). Further to revision of the taxonomy, Anderson and Krathwohl added a conceptualisation of knowledge dimensions (as shown) within which these processing...
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...Nursing Education Jessica Phelps Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V November 3, 2013 Competencies Based on Nursing Education The profession of nursing is different from other healthcare professions because there are multiple levels of entry into the profession. One may enter the career with an Associate’s Degree in Nursing (ADN) or a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN). An ADN is a two year program that is obtained at a community college, while a BSN is a four year program earned at a university. One may question why there are two different levels of education to get to the same position in nursing. While an Associate’s Degree (AD) prepared nurse has the necessary skills to provide patient care, they may lack critical thinking, leadership, and professionalism. A BSN prepared nurse has gained more knowledge, which may lead to better patient outcomes. Nursing does not meet the standards of professionalism in respect to education with multiple points of entry and a lack of differentiation among educational levels with regard to acknowledgement and salary (Lane and Kohlenberg, 2010). Not as much time is spent during the ADN programs to teach critical thinking, research, professionalism and leadership. In the two year program, most of the time is focused on patient care. The competencies of the different levels of education of the Registered Nurse (RN) will be explored to show a BSN prepared nurse is more proficient in providing patient care, due to better critical thinking skills...
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