Inquiry & Critical Thinking
Leaning is a full time job. It takes many different skills and process to be able to learn certiain things. Being able to think about something all of the way through is one of these things. Learning from a problem-posing environment, investigating your environment, and coming up with your own ideas is all apart of the learning process. These things will give you the strengtht to become confidenet learners and a sense of high esteem.
Examples:
One of the hardest things to do in life is to look at yourself and analysis what you see. There are so many different things to look at that make what you are, or who you are. The way you have been riased, who your parents are, and many many more things. The Self Evaluation Paper did just that. Only for this paper, we chose one part of ourselves to look at and it really made you think about yourself and how you see yourself, real critical thinking.
Research Paper
The research paper that I had written this term was another paper that required a lot of thinking, and looking at things from another stand point. I had to think about how Ulysses would have been received back in his time, and how his actions would have affected his status and place in his society. The paper also taught me how to research and that with a paper as big as that one was, that it needs more attention then normal papers do.
Self Evaluation Paper
Another thing that I added was the Frankenstein debate because I had to read a story and then go back and read it from a different view point. It caused me to look at the story from the human development view and to think about what I could use for my argument. I was also forced to look at it from the other team's views, thinking that if the used this, then I would need something to counteract it. It was an assignment that called for deeper thought and honest research.
One does not know the true meaning of cirtical thinking untill one has entered college. The Education Paper was my first paper that I wrote for college and in college, you realize how much more work it is going to be to write a quality paper. You have to work you brain that much more, and really think about what you are going to say. The true test of your ability to think criticaly from high school is your first college paper.
Frankenstein Debate
Education Paper
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