Critical Thinking/Problem Solving | Origin: EC115
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Integrating Career Readiness into Your Courses: Part I -->Critical Thinking/Problem Solving
Post what you've learned about this topic and how you intend to apply it. Feel free to post questions and comments too.
Critical thinking is very important for students now. Analytical skills, Communication, Creativity, and Open-mindedness are huge for students to become career ready in any field.
Completing this short module on critical thinking has fundamentally changed how I view my role as an educator. Two specific strategies resonated with me deeply and are shifts I plan to immediately bring into my teaching practice: implementing project and problem based learning and incorporating socratic questioning.
I learned that critical thinking and problem solving are very important to teach students how to use the available resources to evaluate and to be able to analyze evidence, question assumptions, test hypotheses, observe and draw conclusions from any form of data
Critical thinking and problem-solving skills are extremely necessary of evaluating information and considering different students perspectives before making decisions. Those activities are excellent to incorporate real-world sceneries into the courses to help students practice their skill and building their confidence.
Learning new ways to allow students to fully understand the material to get them ready for the field they are studying.
I learned mor about critical thinking and some different methods to engage students. I like the KWL charts and will try this technique. I enjoyed this module.
I learned about different learning practices to have my students use critical thinking skills that will help them in the future
Comment on Aitza Rodriguez Soto's post: Agreed. I find it frustrating when students are just looking for "the answer" without knowing the context of why it's the answer.
Sometimes I'll remind students a factor that helps define a position's salary is the level of independent critical thinking required.
I learned mor about critical thinking and some different methods to enagage students. I like the KWL charts and will try this technique. I enjoyed this module.
I believe that the techniques studied to inprove the critical thinking and problem-solving have significant application in research and further studies, thereby enhancing the worker's skills in their professional field
As critical thinking involves questioning, it is important to teach students how to ask good questions and think critically about issues. I enjoy challenging my students to engage outside their comfort level and do real research from both sides of an issue.
I learned that critical thinking and problem solving are very important for helping adult learners become more confident and independent. I plan on applying what I learned here in the classroom by using real world scenarios and asking open ended questions.
Students need to understand how critical thinking is part of the process where you have to question the information, gather evidence, and look at it from different points of view before reaching a conclusion.
I feel I need to let go of the rein and put the students {or post the students in actual out in the world life scenarios} prior to them bringing a real live patient in, but in my case we do already do these skills we practice on dummies prior to bringing in patients, as well as on themselves. Students practice on themselves in groups of two.
I now know how to adapt to what the student will need outside of the classroom to be ready for the workforce. Critical thinking, problem solving, etc.
Effective problem solving starts with critical thinking, instead of jumping to conclusions, it is important to gather information, evaluate different perspective and consider possible outcomes before making a decision. I am planning to apply these skills in my classes, teaching my students by keeping an open mind, asking better questions, and making better informed decisions.
The classes that I'll be teaching are very hands-on allowing the students to gain experience for the job market. Using some of these tools like the KWL Chart is something that can be very useful for both new information and understanding how much they retained at the end.
i learned the cretical thinking require open mindedness analyzing facts and avoiding
I think the use of logic would be beneficial. In healthcare there are so many rules they are following but they don't know why. Incorporating logical thinking will help internalize the rules and help them evaluate their safety and perforamance.
