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PHL 458 Week 1 Individual Assignment Critical Thinking and Society Presentation PHL 458 Week 1 Individual Assignment Critical and Creative Thinking in Society Short Essays (2 Papers) PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 1 PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 2 PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 3 PHL 458 Week 2 Individual Assignment Creative Spark Talk Analysis PHL 458 Week 2 Team Assignment Think Different
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PHL 458 EDU Career Path Begins/phl458edu.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom PHL 458 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl458edu.com PHL 458 Week 1 Individual Assignment Critical Thinking and Society Presentation PHL 458 Week 1 Individual Assignment Critical and Creative Thinking in Society Short Essays (2 Papers) PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 1 PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 2 PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 3 PHL 458 Week 2 Individual Assignment Creative Spark Talk Analysis PHL 458 Week 2 Team Assignment Think Different Exercise PHL 458 Week 2 Individual Assignment Solve a Problem Journal PHL 458 Week 2 DQ 1 PHL 458 Week 2 DQ 2 PHL 458 Week 2 DQ 3 PHL 458 Week 3 Individual
PHL 458 EDU Career Path Begins/phl458edu.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl458edu.com Week 1 DQ 1 Neurophysiologist research suggests that human thinking has two distinct phases which are complementary in making decisions or solving problems. The first, or production phase, is associated with our creative thinking- seeing the familiar in a novel way, generating a variety of ideas, and a willingness to take imaginative risks; the second, or judgment phase, kicks in our critical thinking, as the mind goes to work evaluating, distinguishing fact and evidence from sense impression, and running the tests of logic to apply what has been produced (Ruggiero, 2009, pp. 7-8). [Chapter 1: “The Brain & Mind at Work”]
PHL 458 EDU Career Path Begins/phl458edu.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl458edu.com Week 1 DQ 2 Debating moral questions is important as we seek to solve problems or face complex issues in life. Our text mentions four working principles, as we evaluate the obligations, ideals, consequences and circumstances in a situation (Ruggiero, 2009, pp. 41-42). [Chapter 2: “The Basis of Moral Judgment”] Select ONE of the cases included in our text on pages 46-47 [Application 2.6 at end of CH 2], using the following criteria: If your last name starts with A–J, you are assigned Case A. If your last name starts with K–R, you are assigned Case B. If your last name starts with S–Z, you are assigned Case C.
PHL 458 EDU Career Path Begins/phl458edu.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom PHL 458 Week 1 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl458edu.com Week 1 DQ 3 Some of the most innovative people were branded by their contemporaries as slow learners (Winston Churchill), clumsy (Martha Graham), stupid (Thomas Edison), or unimpressive (Albert Einstein). Yet these individuals persisted in developing their creative and critical thinking abilities, refusing to define themselves by other people’s assessments.
PHL 458 EDU Career Path Begins/phl458edu.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom PHL 458 Week 1 Individual Assignment Critical and Creative Thinking in Society Short Essays (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl458edu.com This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers Write 150 to 200 words on each of the following topics: Describe a situation of public interest in which critical and/or creative thought could have been used for a better outcome. Describe why it is important to think critically and creatively in similar situations. Define free will, truth, knowledge, and opinion. Explain how we use them to form thoughts. What role does each play in critically assessing situations? Identify three hindrances to the critical thinking process.
PHL 458 EDU Career Path Begins/phl458edu.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom PHL 458 Week 1 Individual Assignment Critical Thinking and Society Presentation FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl458edu.com Present on each of the following topics with a slide or two/bullet: Describe a situation in which critical and creative thought could have been used for a better outcome. This could be a personal or societal problem or issue. Describe why it is important to think critically and creatively in similar situations (2 slides). Define free will, truth, knowledge, and opinion. Explain how we use them to form thoughts, and how they may bear on your problem or issue (4 slides).
PHL 458 EDU Career Path Begins/phl458edu.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom PHL 458 Week 2 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl458edu.com Week 2 DQ 1 Looking over a list of the world’s inventions is in itself a good reminder that we each “stand on the shoulders” of those who have gone before us. It also brings to mind the fact that we take a lot for granted. Doing this exercise we may even come to think that all the world’s inventions are already here and in use. What an interesting creativity-blocker that could be! Then delving into the mind of any inventor exposes us to the very creative process itself, to the ways critical thinking shaped original ideas, and to the interesting steps that brought an innovative idea to market. Even the naming of an invention can in itself invite us into the creative process!
PHL 458 EDU Career Path Begins/phl458edu.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom PHL 458 Week 2 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl458edu.com Week 2 DQ 2 This Discussion Question will invite each of us to “borrow” from a Famous Thinker. Select any ONE Thinker from our Electronic Reserve Readings list who effected social change. Read the article(s) for that Thinker, and in a Post of 250 to 300 words, respond to the following questions: 2.1 Describe some strategies employed by your famous thinker to activate his or her imagination, such as uncommon responses, free association, analogy, unusual combinations, visualization, pro and con arguments, and relevant scenarios.
PHL 458 EDU Career Path Begins/phl458edu.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom PHL 458 Week 2 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl458edu.com Week 2 DQ 3 This Discussion Question will invite each of us to do a Controversial Issues Brainstorming session. Note that our text makes a key distinction between a problem and an issue, both of which call us to use our creative and critical thinking skills, to come up with innovative solutions or novel approaches. Inventors and scientists focus more on problems, while politicians, parents and leaders address human issues. Select ONE of the following issues and do a quick Internet search for some background on it: The fast-food industry’s relation to obesity Granting rights to illegal immigrants
PHL 458 EDU Career Path Begins/phl458edu.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom PHL 458 Week 2 Individual Assignment Creative Spark Talk Analysis FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl458edu.com Review the entire list of talks on the "Creative Spark" TED channel. Select one talk that is of interest to you and watch it in its entire length. Write a 700- to 1,050-word summary of the salient points made in the talk and its supporting details that catch your interest. Indicate the name and position of the speaker and the location and year of the talk in your summary. Conclude your summary with a reflection of the following: How the talk's content illuminates some of the stages of creativity How the topic of the talk relates to the concepts of imagination and curiosity How some of the points made in the talk might apply to your personal experience and benefit society as a whole Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
PHL 458 EDU Career Path Begins/phl458edu.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom PHL 458 Week 2 Individual Assignment Solve a Problem Journal FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl458edu.com Create a Solution Journal in which you use the creative process to solve a problem with which you have experience. Include the following: Describe each stage in the creative process using Ch. 5 of your text (Entry 1) Search for a personal challenge. Explain how you used the techniques to develop curiosity in your search (see Ch. 6) (Entry 2). Express the problem created by this personal challenge (see Ch. 7). Refine your expression of the problem by considering multiple perspectives and deciding which expression is best. Include both the initial and the refined version. Justify your revision (Entry 3).
PHL 458 EDU Career Path Begins/phl458edu.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom PHL 458 Week 2 Team Assignment Think Different Exercise FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl458edu.com In 1997, Apple, Inc. supported its "Think Different" marketing campaign with a 1-minute commercial featuring black-and-white footage of 17 iconic 20th-century personalities. The commercial was conceptualized by the Los Angeles-based advertising agency TBWA/Chiat/Day. Find a copy of this commercial, also known as the "Crazy Ones" commercial, on the Internet and watch it. Identify the 17 individuals shown in the background and, as a team, discuss the following questions: What did each of the individuals contribute to the world? How was each of these
PHL 458 EDU Career Path Begins/phl458edu.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom PHL 458 Week 3 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl458edu.com Week 3 DQ 1 Each of us makes assumptions continually in a typical day, and many of them are hidden. Clearly this is an important potential obstacle of clear or critical thinking. Stephen Covey recognized this when he said, “We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of these” (ThinkExist.com). Marshall McLuhan called us to an ongoing review of our assumptions: “Most of our assumptions have outlived their usefulness” (ThinkExist.com).
PHL 458 EDU Career Path Begins/phl458edu.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom PHL 458 Week 3 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl458edu.com Week 3 DQ 2 Chapter 11 in our text is about solving problems we encounter in our personal, professional or vocational lives. Most of us can call up a problem that can be worked on from either of these domains, fairly easy. Practice in problem-solving is also a major goal of this course. Select one problem that is current or as recent as possible for you in one of these areas (or if you cannot come up with one, select one problem covered in Chapter 11), and in a post of 200 to 250 words, respond to the following questions:
PHL 458 EDU Career Path Begins/phl458edu.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom PHL 458 Week 3 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl458edu.com Week 3 DQ 3 Chapter 12 in our text helps us critically think through arguments and issues we may face in our lives. Errors may affect the truth of the issue, they may affect the validity of a premise or conclusion, or a hidden premise that may side-track a solution. Dealing with simple or complex arguments takes practice. Select ONE of the Applications on pp. 222-224, and practice your creative and critical skills by responding to the following questions, for that Application: Share the Application you selected. If you think it is a complex argument, identify the parts, and state whether you think there is a hidden premise implied.
PHL 458 EDU Career Path Begins/phl458edu.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom PHL 458 Week 3 Individual Assignment Evaluating Truth and Validity Exercise FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl458edu.com Select three of the scenarios in the Applications list 12.2 (a.-y.) at the end of Ch. 12 in The Art of Thinking. Apply the following in 350 to 500 words for each scenario: Evaluate each argument, using the 4-step process described on p. 218, regarding soundness of reasoning (truth and validity). Explain your assessment and add alternative argumentation where necessary. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
PHL 458 EDU Career Path Begins/phl458edu.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom PHL 458 Week 3 Individual Assignment Refining Solutions Visual Organizer FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl458edu.com Most great solutions to problems begin with some initial flaws. Quality solutions arise by refining ideas. Refine your solution to the problem defined in your Week Two Individual Assignment by following the Three Steps in Refining process outlined in Ch. 10 and Ch. 11 of your text. Produce your refinements using ONE form of Visual Organizer (see below). Include the following components in your Organizer: Original issue Initial solutions Critical examination of best solution Evaluation of the argument Revised argument
PHL 458 EDU Career Path Begins/phl458edu.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom PHL 458 Week 3 Team Assignment Evaluating and Refining Resolutions Presentation FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl458edu.com Refine your team’s solution to the issue defined in the Week Two Learning Team Instructions by following Ch. 12 (overcoming errors in reasoning) and Ch. 13 (refining resolutions) of the text. Create an 8- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation. Use detailed speaker notes to describe your team’s experience at each stage, and post Presentation as instructed. Include one or two slides on each of the following: Original issue Initial resolutions
PHL 458 EDU Career Path Begins/phl458edu.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom PHL 458 Week 3 Team Assignment Solutions Presentation (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl458edu.com Search for problematic societal issues of public interest and pick one issue you would like to resolve. Express the issue you found in your search. Refine your expression and include both the original and the refined version. Justify your revision. Investigate the issue by obtaining necessary information. List the questions you must answer to understand the issue. Conclude your investigation with a thorough explanation of the issue, including answers to each of the questions you identified. Produce ideas toward resolving this issue. Take note of all of your initial ideas--whether you think they are ridiculous or serious is not important. Discuss the two ideas that you think are the most imaginative, original, and positive potential solutions to the issue.
PHL 458 EDU Career Path Begins/phl458edu.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom PHL 458 Week 4 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl458edu.com Week 4 DQ 1 Select one of the famous thinkers from our class supplemental reading, and read the articles listed for your person. Then in a Response of 200 to 250 words, respond to the following questions (you may select the same person you researched in Week 2): How did your person refine his or her solution? How did he or she recognize and overcome difficulties and opposition to this solution?
PHL 458 EDU Career Path Begins/phl458edu.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom PHL 458 Week 4 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl458edu.com Week 4 DQ 2 Survey the list of Problem-solving Strategies posted in the class Materials forum. You may want to refer to a website which explores many of these methods or techniques used in business or problem-solving to address complex issues or problems (www.mindtools.com). Select just one of these Strategies and in a Response of 200 to 250 words, respond to the following: 2.1 What is the nature of the strategy you selected (define and describe it)? 2.2 Give one good example of the application of this strategy to a problem or issue you have selected for this exercise… 2.3 Comment on when and in what kinds of situations, this strategy might be employed…
PHL 458 EDU Career Path Begins/phl458edu.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom PHL 458 Week 4 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl458edu.com Week 4 DQ 3 3.1 The history of philosophy is full of minor and major philosophers who have used deductive logic to address the tough perennial questions of life related to metaphysics (what is real), epistemology (what is true), and ethics (what is the good life). Some of the issues they have responded to have been quite esoteric, such as where or how the human brain “connects” with the mind and thinking process (Plato & Descartes). Many of the early philosophers tried to explain how life changes, but also maintains some continuity (Pythagoras & Socrates).
PHL 458 EDU Career Path Begins/phl458edu.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom PHL 458 Week 4 Individual Assignment Famous Thinkers Paper (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl458edu.com This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers Review the list of names provided in the University of Phoenix Material: Creative Genius List. Select two individuals who are famous for their creative ideas (one from each column). Research their biographies in the University Library and/or on the Internet. Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper to include the following: Information about each of the thinker's unique contributions to society The problems or issues that their ideas sought to solve A description of the solutions and how his or her ideas were implemented Each thinker's personal/ social/ political environments and how you think these factors contributed to their creativity The creative process of each thinker,
PHL 458 EDU Career Path Begins/phl458edu.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom PHL 458 Week 4 Team Assignment Nomination of Creative Hero FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl458edu.com Brainstorm your own list of individuals known as highly creative thinkers (not mentioned in the University of Phoenix Material: Creative Genius List for this week's individual assignment). Select, as a team, one creative thinker who changed the way people saw and/or experienced the world. Summarize, in 350 to 500 words, thisindividual's contributions and make a solid argument for why he or she should be included in any list of important creative thinkers. Include a brief comparison to the thinkers your team members selected for their individual assignments this week: Do they share similar creative processes and/or environments? Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
PHL 458 EDU Career Path Begins/phl458edu.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom PHL 458 Week 5 Final IQ FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl458edu.com Week 5 Final IQ Most of us do not think about our legacy in our twenties or thirties or forties. Somewhere in our fifties, or at midlife, we begin to wonder what our legacy will be to our kids, our family, our community and workers, and our world. Legacy can be defined as “”. Our use of what we have learned in this course, critical and creative thinking skills and methods, does have something to do with our legacy.
PHL 458 EDU Career Path Begins/phl458edu.com CJA 234 MART The power of possibility/cja234martdotcom PHL 458 Week 5 Team Assignment Persuasive Communication Presentation (2 PPT) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl458edu.com This Tutorial contains 2 Different PPT Use the issue addressed in your previous Learning Team Activity and Assignment. Select the most appropriate format to persuade your intended audience of the resolution to your issue. Possible formats include a political campaign, a city council proposal, an editorial article, a commercial, a radio-style podcast, a comprehensive political pamphlet, an interactive game, a website, and so forth. Explain why you chose your format for your intended audience. Create a presentation of your message as you would present it to your intended audience.