William believes that most people are grade three thinkers. Grade three thinkers tend to feel‚ and not to think. Golding gives an example of his teacher Mr. Houghton‚ who would always talk about “good life‚ sexless‚ and free of duty”‚ while “his neck would turn of itself” if a girl passed by the window (164). I think he is right; most people will speak or do without speaking. For example‚ William says in his essay‚ “A crowd of grade-three thinkers‚ all shouting the same thing‚ all warming their hands
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consciously. This chapter also discusses that a critical thinker should not act upon opinionated and prejudgment beliefs‚ but should take consideration‚ and make themselves knowledgeable by finding factual information before making certain claims. Thus making the critical thinker capable of having sound judgment by being able to analyze the situation at hand intelligently and deliberately. In this chapter‚ I learned that being a critical thinker‚ reader and writer requires being capable of finding solutions
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Obstacles to Moving to the Next Stage | The Unreflective Thinker | Go through and examine the problems and issues the affect my critical thinking. | Lying to myself about how I am with the effectiveness of my thinking. | The Challenged Thinker | Make yourself become aware of the problems that you can have in your thinking. | I do not speak or ask for opinions from anyone else about the effectiveness about my thinking. | The Beginning Thinker | You try to improve‚ but it’s without regular practice
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Most people are not critical thinkers by nature. It takes years of practice and commitment to become a highly productive and efficient critical thinker. In order to develop the right frame of mind in becoming a critical thinker there are certain stages that can be followed to help students practice their critical thinking skills. "Stage one: The Unreflective Thinker" this stage entails students who are unaware of any problems that they might have in the critical thinking process (Paul and Elder‚
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the next stage EXAMPLE: The Unreflective Thinker Examine my thinking to identify problems that affect my thinking. Deceiving myself about the effectiveness of my thinking The Challenged Thinker Start taking active steps to take control of my thinking‚ commit to developing my abilities‚ be willing to discover my own prejudices and misconceptions Not knowing how to take control of my thinking or how to develop my abilities. The Beginning Thinker Begin recognizing my mistakes‚ when I am being
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first investigate and collect enough evidence before deciding to blow the whistle. The act of investigating‚ analyzing‚ and considering solutions is the activity of critical thinking. Therefore‚ whistleblowing‚ is an act representative of critical thinkers. Whistleblowers take huge personal and business risks to blow the whistle on what went wrong inside an organization. For instance‚ there is Dr. Jeffrey Wigand‚ the tobacco company researcher who exposed his employer on "60 Minutes" for lying about
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Obstacles to moving to the next stage EXAMPLE: The Unreflective Thinker Examine my thinking to identify problems that affect my thinking. Deceiving myself about the effectiveness of my thinking The Challenged Thinker Figuring out that my thinking is causing me serious problems. Realizing that my thinking is not as perfect as I believe and develop awareness of how thinking operates for good or bad. The Beginning Thinker Making attempts to better understand how I can take charge of and improve
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Time and text are two major focus points in a linear thinker’s worldview. Horner states‚ “Spatial thinkers are extremely visual‚ highly imaginative‚ and work in three dimensions‚ none of which has anything to do with time.” Linear thinkers see spatial thinkers as those that think “outside the box”. Horner had this to say about being someone who is considered to think “outside the box”‚ “However‚ we think outside the box precisely
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the Next Stage EXAMPLE: The Unreflective Thinker Examine my thinking to identify problems that affect my thinking. Deceiving myself about the effectiveness of my thinking. The Challenged Thinker To be aware of the role of critical thinking in life and of the problems associated with poor thinking. Egocentric defensiveness‚ Intellectual arrogance‚ rationalizing and self-deception when relating life’s problems with our thinking. The Beginning Thinker Take action and control over the problems affecting
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Xia Huang Matthew Deady First Year Seminar Dec 4th‚ 2008 How is Slavery Justified? Enlightenment thinkers tried to search for a way to understand the world on a base of reason. They advocated the independent thinking of human beings without being constrained by the church and previous authorities. They pursued the freedom and inherent rights for each and every human being and tried to stand up against tyranny and totalitarianism. However‚ at the same time‚ religious belief‚ political concern
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