Blogs Posts on "Critical Thinking"

FACT: the world will not end in 2012 by Learn Something New Every Day on Nov 3, 2009There is a lot of noise these days about the imminent end of earth coming up in 2012. This latest doomsday prediction is based on an ancient Mayan calendar, showing the end of all creation on December 21, 2012. Before you think you’ve lucked ou...

Critical Thinking Skills Are REQUIRED by Ending Extreme Poverty in the Congo on Oct 30, 2009Many of us learned to be creative in kindergarten and elementary school. How do Congolese children learn to be creative? Rural Congolese schools do not have the basic necessities. They are missing desks, benches, blackboards, and books. So it is...

Are You A Critical Thinker? by Ask a Tech Teacher on Oct 29, 2009Critical thinking is logical thinking--the ability to get from A to Z without losing your solution thread along the way...

Here’s Why People Don’t Stress over Education Anymore by Ask a Tech Teacher on Oct 15, 2009We've tried for decades to meet world standards and still fail. Whatever the reason, how long can we beat our heads against the wall before moving on to other challenges?

Are Gays The Most Prejudice Group In America? by Can You Stand The Reign? on Sep 24, 2009I've been a fighter since I can remember. I've had to be one. You don't make it through my life's experiences with some sort of normality with out being a fighter, and even though I've been in over a dozen fist fights, with three times as many guys...

Adjunct faculty: an unsustainable disgrace by Scholars & Rogues on Sep 11, 2009by Joseph Domino There is perhaps no topic in America where we talk out of two sides of our mouths more than Education. Education is in crisis at all levels, but at the college and university level it cries out and no one seems to be listening. Every...

Using Movies to Teach by The Massage Continuum Blog on Sep 2, 2009I love introducing films into the classroom to illustrate topics. Educational video is great, but I'm talking about Hollywood. Nothing pulls in a student like a good story and the nice thing about a movie is that it wraps it all up in a tidy, 2-hour...

Getting To What We Want From Where We Are Pt 2 by Acts of Faith In Love and Life on Sep 1, 2009Alrighty, picking up from where we left off yesterday, the first step at progress is changing our perspective, our point of view and our outlook as encompassed by our mindset. How we see what's... Continuing Reading Here...

Getting To What We Want From Where We Are Pt 1 by Acts of Faith In Love and Life on Aug 31, 2009Have you ever felt disappointment? If you’re a living, breathing human being of course you have! The difference between how we react to it is what distinguishes success from failure in achieving... Continuing Reading Here...

Thinking from A to Z by Virtual Philosopher on Aug 11, 2009Julian Baggini of the Philosophers Magazine interviewed me in 2001 about my book Thinking from A to Z . The video has just surfaced on You Tube:...