Week 1
discussion
In both the academic (student) and professional (career)
domains, critical thinking is a valued skill. Your professors assess the depth
of critical thinking and might urge you to consider concepts more deeply.
Similarly, hiring managers might ask about your critical thinking skill and ask
you to provide examples of how you have demonstrated such skill.
Select any one of the following starter bullet point
sections. Review the important themes within the sub questions of each bullet
point. The sub questions are designed to get you thinking about some of the
important issues. Your response should provide a succinct synthesis of the key
themes in a way that articulates a clear point, position, or conclusion
supported by research. Select a different bullet point section than what your
classmates have already posted so that we can engage several discussions on
relevant topics. If all of the bullet points have been addressed, then you may
begin to re-use the bullet points with the expectation that varied responses
continue.
What does it mean to think critically? What are the various
dimensions of critical thinking? That is, what do critical thinkers do or how
do we assess the quality of critical thinking? Analyze one of the critical
thinking dimensions. How does critical thinking apply to leaders? Managers?
Organizations?
Review the material you’ve read in course lectures and the
assigned textbook selections. What is a unique and challenging critical
question you would like to raise about this material? (Your question may be
about something controversial, about which you have your doubts. It may suggest
that a theory or a model has weaknesses, challenge the truth of proposed
relationships between variables, or assess the value of a suggested practice.)
Defend your perspective.
South University has four specific objectives called Student
Learning Outcomes (SLOs). SLOs include: Specialization expertise (content and
competency), critical thinking, information literacy, and communication.
Briefly define each of those objectives and assess how they might interact with
or influence one other. Summarize a development plan you might use for yourself
to enhance your skill for each objective. How might mastery of the objectives
enhance your career path?
The final paragraph (three or four sentences) of your
initial post should summarize the one or two key points that you are making in
your initial response.
Your posting should be the equivalent of 1- to 2-
single-spaced pages (500–1000 words) in length.
