1 / 22

Critical Thinking on the Ground: Getting Past Axioms and on to Action

Critical Thinking on the Ground: Getting Past Axioms and on to Action. Presented at the Emergency Management Institute Higher Education Conference Emmitsburg, MD, June 9, 2011 by Al Lawrence, Jim Savitt and Rob Baker. Critical Thinking: Aristotle. Don’t believe everything you think….

stu
Download Presentation

Critical Thinking on the Ground: Getting Past Axioms and on to Action

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Critical Thinking on the Ground: Getting Past Axioms and on to Action Presented at the Emergency Management Institute Higher Education Conference Emmitsburg, MD, June 9, 2011 by Al Lawrence, Jim Savitt and Rob Baker

  2. Critical Thinking: Aristotle Don’t believe everything you think…. It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Aristotle 2

  3. Critical Thinking • Encourages depth of thought • Requires questioning and skepticism • Calls for judgment, reason and logic • Evaluates evidence in search for viewpoints and truth • Promotes civic responsibility and citizenship • Promotes better writing

  4. Critical Thinking… Depth of Thought • Dilbert from 31 March 2011 4

  5. Critical Thinking: Provides Ability to… • Identify Issues • Articulate Assumptions • Integrate Other Perspectives • Communicate • Develop a Position or Hypothesis • Analyze and Present Supporting Data • Draw Conclusions / Implications

  6. Critical Thinking: Rationality • Dilbert (from Pactiss.org website) 6

  7. Discussions: • Online • Face-to-Face • Exercises: • Structured / Project Planning • Debates • Case Studies • Team Based Activities Strategies

  8. Employers seek graduates with improved skills and content knowledge • Students develop core competencies of: • Organization • Leadership • Collaboration • Trust (See NaimKapucu , “Developing Competency-Based Emergency Management Degree Programs in Public Affairs and Administration”, presented at 14th annual Emergency Management Higher Education Conference, Emmitsburg, MD, 10 June 2010) Why Teamwork?

  9. Constructivist Principles / Collaborative Learning • Student-centered / Shared Responsibility • Teaches the Value of Teamwork • Promotes Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Educational Values

  10. Advantages • Two heads are better than one • Higher marks • Learn more • Learn about working together

  11. Critical Thinking, Economics, and Teamwork • Dilbert from 13 March 2011 11

  12. Time Management • Planning • Coordination • Role Allocation • Cooperation Needed for Success

  13. Setting Ground Rules • Be punctual • Prepare for meetings • Complete work on time • Value diversity, strength of member / respect • Be honest • Keep everyone informed • Participate in meeting / play an active role • Value Consensus

  14. Critical Issues Exercise Think – Discuss – Share

  15. Critical Thinking: Alternative Points of View • Dilbert from 3 April 2011 15

  16. Thought Starters • What questions does this case exercise raise for: • Law Enforcement (mission) • Civil Liberties • Federalism • State and Local Governmental jurisdictions • Homeland Security (mission) • Community Politics

  17. Dearborn Case Study After 9/11, the federal government announced a major program to conduct "voluntary" interviews with 5,000 holders of temporary visas from Arab countries thought to have significant ties to Al Qaeda. The Justice Department wanted local law enforcement personnel to conduct these interviews, with federal agents playing a supporting role. In Dearborn, Michigan, where the population of individuals of Arab descent has grown to nearly 30 percent since the 1960s, city and police officials resisted this plan. They insisted that the feds conduct the interviews (in plain clothes), supported by the local police and monitored by them to make sure that the feds acted professionally. The locals also got the feds to abandon the idea of unannounced calls and agree to schedule visits via letters, stressing that the interviews were voluntary and that there was no reason to suspect the individuals being interviewed of terrorist activities. (Source: Thacher, David: "The Local Role in Homeland Security," 39 Law and Society Review 635-76 [September 2005]).

  18. Critical Thinking: Alternative Points of View, Cont. • Dilbert from 17 April 2011 18

  19. Critical Thinking: Speaker's Motivation • Dilbert from 25 March 2011 19

  20. Critical Thinking: Reality Check • Dilbert from 29 March 2011 20

  21. Critical Thinking: A Knowledge Base • Dilbert from 14 April 2011 21

  22. Critical Thinking: Ask Why • Get Fuzzy 14 May 2011 22

More Related