Critical Thinking and Sources of Evidence
I have posted several times about critical thinking in higher education today (or not), but have ignored a critical component of critical thinking – evidence.
- 30/04/2018
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Roots of The Science of Learning
Where does The Science of Learning come from? I was asked this by an associate on LinkedIn and a student in my class. Both are looking for the empirical evidence for The Science part. Today, I’ll try to address this because I think it is an important concept to understand.
- 27/04/2018
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Transformational Learning
Having studied learning for many years, and after writing over a hundred articles about learning over the past year, I have come to believe that there are two types of learning: training, and transformation. Training involves teaching to meet particular goals. These goals, as outlined by Bjork (1994) include:
- 24/04/2018
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The Role of Higher Order Thinking Skills on Moral Development
At one time moral development was one of the central missions of higher education. Somehow, this part of the role of higher education got lost. Education was separated from religion, morals became ethics and what was lost was the responsibility of higher education to bring goodness to society. Education has become valueless as far as instilling in students what makes citizens, and people in general, good people.
- 23/04/2018
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Higher Order Thinking and Leadership
There has been much written about leadership and leaders, but what about the interaction between higher order thinking and leadership. If we want to cultivate good leadership, we need to understand what role higher order thinking plays.
- 22/04/2018
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