Post on 31-Dec-2015
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The LFCC QEP: Purpose
The Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) of Lord Fairfax Community College aims to create a culture of critical thinking (CT) which permeates all aspects of the College community.
What is Critical Thinking?
Explain, analyze, and synthesize what we see, hear, and read Use creativity to discover multiple and diverse approaches to
issues Find relevant information to address tasks and problems Evaluate claims and evidence to draw reasonable conclusions Justify conclusions and solutions Apply concepts to real-world problems See connections and patterns both within a discipline and across
disciplines Reflect on our own thinking and learning.
Seeking the Ox
Recognize…
That you don’t know
That you aren’t certain
That there is a problem
That things could be different
Seeking the Footprints
Begin…
to ask questions
to think about the issue or problem
to consider possibilities
to research, read, study
Taming the Ox
Get it under control
Build confidence
Practice (with a different focus)
Have a little more fun with it
Riding the Ox Home
Make it work for me…
Discover useful tricks
Be creative
Accomplish meaningful tasks
Establish a new comfort zone
The Ox Transcended
Focus on other things…
What I know is there
I can get it if I need it
I don’t have to think about it
Move in the new comfort zone
The Ox and Self Transcended
Recognize:
It’s not about me
Knowledge is not independent
I’m part of a much larger whole
There are connections and relationships
Reaching the Source
Go back to the beginning
Does the situation seem different?
How am I different?
How will I view the next problem, in light of my thinking on this one?