By,
AMEER HAMZAH BIN AMAN
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CREATIVE STUDIES(WEEK 2)
(example of some creative video)
Creativity
The dictionary description is: the ability to create
and presumes 'consciousness' and 'understanding' (both rational myths)
Bulls fight rules without 'understanding', but with intelligent creativity
| Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun." quote Mary Lou Cook |
Compromise hides a fight between the skillful Roman Catholic 'slave-farm' cultures (superior 'bodies' with 'spirit' exploit inferior 'bodies' without 'spirit')
and the creative Buddhist 'unity of body and mind' cultures.
'Ploughshare' thinkers consider body-spirit-split as fascism.
| Creativity may have killed a few cats, but evolution certainly eliminated many more incurious ones; Guy Claxton in 'Wise Up' |
| Making individual curiosity useful for your collective, by: Influencing static knowledge by attacking with discrete variation + selection (dynamic intelligence) Static knowledge is the 'bible-type of knowledge', mainly 'frozen'. Dynamic intelligence uses variation for change. Warning: Unlike 'rational' researchers I think that 'understanding' is fantasy (thinking=daydreaming), and that Intelligence is related to bodily BEHAVIOR (rituals) Like: climbing 'mountains' intelligently using 'movability' Or changing reactions by random shuffling of sense units (playing Joker) |
Critical Thinking
Definition of Concept & Theory
What is critical thinking? There are a variety of answers to that question, but most experts agree that it includes the ability for a person to use his/her intelligence, knowledge and skills to question and carefully explore situations to arrive at thoughtful conclusions based on evidence and reason. A critical thinker is able to get past biases and view situations from different perspectives to ultimately improve his/her understanding of the world. In those two sentences lie a lifetime of work for an individual, work that begins with a formal education in critical thinking skills. A student once told me, "Whatever you teach me, what I believe is true." This is the crux of teaching critical thinking. It cannot be taught as an absolute. There are no formulas to memorize or tests to take. Teaching critical thinking is about helping students discover the answers. That said, there are some basic tools that you can use to begin to teach critical thinking to students.
John Chaffee in The Thinker's Guide to College Success defines thinking critically as "carefully examining our thinking (and the thinking of others) in order to clarify and improve our understanding." He suggests providing students with practice and guidance in the five activities listed below:
- Thinking Actively by using our intelligence, knowledge, and skills to question, explore, and deal effectively with ourselves, others, and life's situations.
- Carefully Exploring Situations by asking--and trying to answer--relevant questions.
- Thinking for Ourselves by carefully examining various ideas and arriving at our own thoughtful conclusions.
- Viewing Situations from Different Perspectives to develop an in-depth, comprehensive understanding.
- Supporting Diverse Perspectives with Reason and Evidence to arrive at thoughtful, well-substantiated conclusions.
The World Wide Web provides a wealth of materials and is a wonderful tool for teaching critical thinking to students. The Instructor and Student Exercise sections of this module offer many suggestions for teaching critical thinking with technology.
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