problems of education in the 21st century TEACHING ETHICS AND CRITICAL THINKING IN CONTEMPORARY SCHOOLS Bojan Borstner‚ Smiljana Gartner University of Maribor‚ Slovenia E-mail: bojan.borstner@um.si‚ smiljana.gartner@um.si Abstract Basic ethical questions‚ dilemmas and especially decisions do not only affect the life of an individual but can also affect lives of others. In some professional ethics‚ where decisions about a person’s life or death are made‚ decisions can even be irreversible. In this
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regarded as “unhealthy” ways of thinking about personal finance. Examine each “unhealthy” way of thinking about personal finance and explain why they are “unhealthy” including the consequences of thinking that way. Demonstrate ways that the individual can avoid these ways of thinking. Use ORIGINAL examples to illustrate
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The first and fundamental step in the creative process is to have a clear notion of what the problem is and to be able to state it clearly. The effective thinker begins by first focusing on the structure of the problem‚ rather than its technical detail. Also brought into working memory from creative operations are the potential solutions. These come from each person’s permanent memory store‚ his or her lifetime database of knowledge and experience. Other potential alternatives are brought in from
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An example of thinking economically is deciding whether to go out for the night with your friends or to stay home and study for a test. You are giving up either quality time and memories with friends or how well you do on the test. Thinking economically would be to stay home and study for your upcoming test because doing well in school will eventually bring you more wealth through better job opportunities. What you are giving up better know as the opportunity cost would be time spent with your
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POSITIVE THINKING ENGLISH CLASS IV LINK AND MATCH MAY VITAH RUSNALIDIAWATI TABLE OF CONTENTS Cover Paper i Introduction ii Table Of Contents iii CHAPTER I Introduction 1 A. Background 1 B. Problem Formulation 1 C. Destination 1 CHAPTER II Discussion 2 A. History Of The Army Indonesia 2 B. Task Forces Indonesia 3 C. The establishment of military 3 D. Devotion TNI 4 E. A TNI Identity 5 F. Kinds of military
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Management skills in a critical world This new job turned out to be an exciting opportunity to expand my knowledge by operating a business. This business apparently has some issues that require critical thinking skills to help resolve. We will identify and work to solve the problems through the use of the tools and techniques of decision-making. Once complete‚ we will have a clear picture of the problem‚ the associated risks and expected outcome that will hopefully lead to a successful achievement
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Thinking is the activity in the brain that gives us the ability to work‚ play‚ and communicate. Without the ability to think‚ we would be unable to accomplish what we want‚ or realize meaning in what we do. The process of sensing is how we gain our information. Most of our thinking comes from our five senses of sight‚ smell‚ touch‚ and hearing‚ and taste. The sensory input we gain from our senses is what leads us to thought. Memory is the brains ability to retain information. What we do and do not
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Critical Thinking Skills Critical thinking is a rich concept that has been developing throughout the past 2500 years. Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing and evaluating information gathered from observation as a guide to belief and action. Critical thinking skills are important because they enable students “to deal effectively with social‚ scientific‚ and practical problems” (Shakirova‚ 2007‚ p. 42). Besides that‚ critical thinking is
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COMPARISION of ANALYTIC and HOLISTIC THINKING Analytic students with a left-brain processing style learn very differently from the way students with a right-brain processing style tend to learn. Analytics learn sequentially‚ building details into the understanding and often prefer a quiet learning environment‚ bright light‚ formal seating arrangements and tend to continue their tasks until they have been completed. This makes them generally more successful in traditional school systems which
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Material Appendix A Stages of Critical Thinking Complete the matrix by identifying the six stages of critical thinking‚ describing how to move from each stage to the next‚ and listing obstacles you may face as you move to the next stage of critical thinking. |Stages of Critical Thinking |How to Move to the Next Stage |Obstacles to Moving to the Next Stage | |EXAMPLE: |Examine my thinking to identify problems |Deceiving myself
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