Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
• Textbook: Chapter 1, 2, 3
• Lesson
Introduction
The journal is an essential assignment that is meant to sum up the
conclusions you come to after having reflected on the readings in the text,
the online lecture, discussion posts, including your own and those of your
peers, and any outside material you consult. You will probably find that you
do as much or more thinking than you do writing in responding to the
journal prompts – and that is perfectly okay. In general, the weekly journal
should meet the noted length requirement – not including the space needed
for the prompts.
You may feel the need to write out longer reflections – and that is also okay.
If you do feel the need for longer reflections, then, once you have written
them out, try to edit them, reducing them to their essence.
Part of this course is process – training ourselves to think critically. Part of it
is learning to understand how we think and why we think or believe what we
think or believe. While the journal prompts will occasionally address the
process, it will more often ask you to reflect on the hows and whys of what
you know and believe – or what you think you know and believe.
Instructions
For this journal assignment, briefly answer each of the following prompts:
• Critical Thinking
o After reading the required resources for this week and
participating in the
discussion, how do you define critical thinking? You will want to carry this
definition with you, so keep it brief – perhaps 4 to 6 lines. You will find
many definitions online – don't be tempted to just quickly copy one; try to
form your own so that it is meaningful to you.
• Heart of the Matter
o Considering just what is in this weeks' readings, why do you think
the
authors (looking forward in the text) see Chapters 12, 13, and 14 as the
"heart of the matter"?
o What do you think they mean by that?
o What two concepts do the authors say these chapters
emphasize?
o How do you define these concepts?
o Why do you think the authors find these concepts important
to critical thinking?
• Challenges & Insights
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Read/review the following resources for this activity:
• Textbook: Chapter 1, 2, 3
• Lesson
Introduction
The journal is an essential assignment that is meant to sum up the
conclusions you come to after having reflected on the readings in the text,
the online lecture, discussion posts, including your own and those of your
peers, and any outside material you consult. You will probably find that you
do as much or more thinking than you do writing in responding to the
journal prompts – and that is perfectly okay. In general, the weekly journal
should meet the noted length requirement – not including the space needed
for the prompts.
You may feel the need to write out longer reflections – and that is also okay.
If you do feel the need for longer reflections, then, once you have written
them out, try to edit them, reducing them to their essence.
Part of this course is process – training ourselves to think critically. Part of it
is learning to understand how we think and why we think or believe what we
think or believe. While the journal prompts will occasionally address the
process, it will more often ask you to reflect on the hows and whys of what
you know and believe – or what you think you know and believe.
Instructions
For this journal assignment, briefly answer each of the following prompts:
• Critical Thinking
o After reading the required resources for this week and
participating in the
discussion, how do you define critical thinking? You will want to carry this
definition with you, so keep it brief – perhaps 4 to 6 lines. You will find
many definitions online – don't be tempted to just quickly copy one; try to
form your own so that it is meaningful to you.
• Heart of the Matter
o Considering just what is in this weeks' readings, why do you think
the
authors (looking forward in the text) see Chapters 12, 13, and 14 as the
"heart of the matter"?
o What do you think they mean by that?
o What two concepts do the authors say these chapters
emphasize?
o How do you define these concepts?
o Why do you think the authors find these concepts important
to critical thinking?
• Challenges & Insights
This study source was downloaded by 100000861168648 from CourseHero.com on 02-25-2023 05:10:19 GMT -06:00
https://www.coursehero.com/file/56607270/Rubric-2docx/
