Here are some questions for this week.
1.) What do you think 'Critical Thinking' is?
2.) Is Critical Thinking important for you as an Interdisciplinary Major? If so how? Show some examples how Critical Thinking and Reasoning relate to your own Minor(s) and Areas.
3.) How can you apply Critical Thinking beyond college to make your Interdisciplinary Major more meaningful?
Lisa & Cheyenne
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To me, critical thinking is understanding how we acquire and interpret information. In order to solve a particular problem using critical thinking, one must first understand the problem in its entirety and all the little components of the problem in order to formulate a complete and appropriate solution. I think that it helps to go into a problem with the idea that the first solution might not always be the best one. Also, not all people think the same so getting outside opinions from some other critical thinkers may bring new insight and ideas on how to solve a problem.
ReplyDeleteCritical thinking is the way we are able to solve complex problems and come up with ideas on how to handle situations. Critical thinking is essential for Interdisciplinary students because it is the foundation of our entire major. By using critical thinking, we can make connections and solve issues using the information gained from our various disciplines. Critical thinking can apply to my disciplines and minor when I am trying to compose a story. I often find myself trying to incorporate elements that I learned from my History discipline and put them into my stories. Critical thinking skills can be applied beyond college when problems need to be solved in the workplace or in everyday life.
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Joshua,
ReplyDeleteHow can you apply critical thinking to better understand/shape your Interdisciplinary Major?
Lisa/Mentor
Michael (MR?),
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Lisa/Mentor
Hey everyone.
ReplyDeleteI think critical thinking requires a higher level of analysis. It is the mental process of actively and skillfully analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating information to reach a conclusion. In other words, a person can solve many surface problems, but when asked to think critically we “think deeper” and try to find and solve the underlying issues. Too often we solve problems by only observing the surface issues, and we make wrong or poor decisions. Can you think of a point in your college career that you made a surface decision rather than thinking critically? Or vice versa?
Hi all,
ReplyDeleteIn addition to what Cheyenne has articulately stated, can you try to describe how critical thinking can be taken to another level--regarding Interdisciplinarity? For example--How can you utilize integrate critical thinking in your Interdisciplinary Degree?
Lisa/Mentor
Well, considering that I'm still not sure what I want to do, I'll answer the question as best I can. I suppose the best I can do is sit around, straining my brain and screaming as I panic over not knowing what I want to do...
ReplyDeleteA better answer would be to rule out the things I don't want to do and evaluate what I have done that I enjoy.
Also, MR is my initials, sorry :P
--Michael Rosenblum
Critical thinking is solving complex problems with the understanding of more than one of the issues in the problem. It is extremely important as an IDS student because we study so many disciplines, we have to think critically using them together. Critical thinking comes into play with my law classes when i have to think about a scenario, and use my criminal justice background to help solve it.I will be using critical thinking skills every day in my career when I am in trial.
ReplyDeleteCritical thinking will be important in my career because when someone is on trial for murder, for instance, I will have to think critically as to why could it be justified? How could it have been someone else? Is he of the right state of mind to know what he did was wrong?
ReplyDeleteThese questions will be important because I am handling peoples lives in my job.
A critical thinking exercise that we finished called virtual philosopher is very interesting. Apparently, I am completely inconsistent with all of my answers. I know its wrong to murder an innocent person, yet I would throw a man overboard to save the life of everyone else. I believe it's ok to lie, but I wouldn't lie to my friend. I believe that all people are equally worth saving, but I weigh the options of who to save based on who they are.
ReplyDeleteCritical thinking is defined as the process by which one is able to solve problems. Individually, we all possess a variety of different traits and characteristics that give us each our own unique way of solving problems. I believe that I am an emotional problem solver. I very often let my emotions get in the way of my ethics. I believe that being an interdisciplinary student has allowed me to focus in on all of the major subject areas that interest me and in turn can help me to sole my bigger problem of what I want to do with me life as far as the work field goes.
ReplyDeleteI found the Virtual Philosopher test to be very insightful. It allowed me to look at my way of thinking and processing information in a whole new way. Previous to this test I had always thought of myself to be a very critical thinker. However, I think my view on things is more emotional that critical. I had a hard time fathoming the fact that just because Eddie, the homeless man was the first on the list he should get the liver. Yes he was first in line, but if he has a known drinking problem wouldn’t he destroy the liver he was just given?
Hi All,
ReplyDeleteYes, Virtual Philosopher was an exercise in critical thinking. Isn't it interesting that critical thinking perspectives may change depending if it's one person doing the critical thinking--versus an entire group (possibly thru process of elimination, i.e., liver) trying to unite on a decision via critical thinking?
If not already, you will use your critical thinking skills more and more. This Cornerstone course will challenge your critical thinking where you will learn more about yourself. This will also help you start thinking introspectively, to write about yourself on paper, learn about yourself through your resume, cover letter. Try to keep this in mind that you're not only learning extrinsically (the course) but intrinsically (from within)as well. It will evolve, but it helps to start thinking now as you 'grow with the IDS Degree' and the process of writing and learning about yourselves. Cornerstone is an opportunity to start sculpting this out.
ReplyDeleteIn order to better understand or shape my major, I could use critical thinking to help discover what really drives me as a person. For what seems like an eternity I could never quite settle with just one major or area of study. I keep finding myself wandering from interest to interest, not because I was bored of what I was studying at the time, but because I always wanted to look at a problem, or issue, or idea, from a different angle. I believe that it is this open-minded outlook on life that brought me to IDS, and I believe that my IDS major will be shaped upon this very idea.
ReplyDeleteCritical thinking is a concept we all use on a daily basis. We all face mass amounts of problems. Things as simple as deciding what to pick up from the grocery store, require critical thinking. Critical thinking is a trait that I will use way after I’m done with college. It will help me make decisions such as where I want to work and live
ReplyDeleteCritical thinking has played a major role in my whole college experience. I have changed my major four times during the course of my four years at UCF. Without my critical thinking skills I don’t know where I would be or what I would be studying. After a lot of time and thought I found interdisciplinary studies to be the best fit for me. It has allowed me to focus on three areas of study that really interest me.
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