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=Critical Thinking Wiki for Dr. Alfino's students=
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==Knowledge, Perspective, Inquiry Assignments==
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==Course Information==
  
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This semester we're piloting two new assignments on Knowledge aquisition and Perspective/Bias to prepare students for their research assignment.
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*[[Critical Thinking Basic Course Information]]
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*[[Clicker purchase and bulletin board]]
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*[[Registering your clicker in Philosophy 101]]
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*[[Quick look definitions of basic terms | Quick look at definitions of basic terms]]
  
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===Knowledge Aquisition Assignment===
 
  
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:[[Media:Wikipediaassignmentv2.doc]] the worksheet for the Wikipedia assignment on knowledge aquisition.
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[[Fall 2011 Pajer Comp Class Jesuit Education Sources | Jesuit Education Sources]]
  
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===Perspective Assignment / 1st Argument Analysis Paper===
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==Some Student Pages==
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*[[Fall 2011 Student Practice Page | Student Practice Page]]
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:An indispensible skill for a critical thinker is that ability to understand the range of positions and points of view on an issue and to be familiar with the theoretical and practical points of view of major sources of thought and opinion. This skill helps us understand when we have seen a full range of positions and when we have likely been exposed to evidence and argumentation contrary to our own sympathies.
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*[[Fall 2010 Information Diet Exercise | Information Diet Exercise]]
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*[[Fall 2010 Critical Thinking First Field Notes | Field Notes]]
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*[[Fall 2011 Critical Thinking Student Sample Work | Student Model Work]]
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*[[Fall 2010 Critical Thinking Authoritativeness Game | Authoritativeness Game]]
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*[[Fall 2010 Critical Thinking Research Topics | Research Topics]]
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*[[Critical Thinking Study Guide official version]]
  
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:The goal of this assignment is for you to write an argument reflecting your own view of the relative importance of the growing income inequality reported in the Crook article [[http://alfino.org/cfma/courses/101/articles/crookinequality.pdf | The Height of Inequality]].  Of course, you may take issue with the data reported in the article.  You should develop your view in light of your survey of thought and opinion about income inequality. 
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==Articles for Reconstruction & Other Resources==
  
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Step 1: Review research skills from John Spencer's presentation on Journals of Thought and Opinion
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* RICHARD VEDDER & ANDREW GILLEN, "The Solution to Student-Loan Debt," National Review, October 21, 2011 [http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/280817/solution-student-loan-debt-richard-vedder?pg=1]
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* The Editors, "The Case for Marriage," National Review [http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/245649/case-marriage-editors]
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* Don’t Give Cover to the Women-as-Victim Crowd, By Carrie L. Lukas, National Review [http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/279928/don-t-give-cover-women-victim-crowd-carrie-l-lukas] [[Alfino recon of Lukas]]
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* Paul Krugman,"Panic of the Plutocrats," [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/10/opinion/panic-of-the-plutocrats.html?ref=opinion]
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* New York Times Video Blog:  Bloggingheads: One-State Solution?
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Gershom Gorenberg, left, author of “The Unmaking of Israel,” and Dimi Reider of +972 Magazine debate the one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict[http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/10/05/opinion/100000001094379/bloggingheads-one-state-solution.html?ref=opinion]
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* Nicholas Kristoff, "Is Israel Its Own Worst Enemey?" NYT [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/opinion/kristof-is-israel-its-own-worst-enemy.html?ref=opinion]
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* Gene Heally, "Abolish the Department of Homeland Security," Reason, September 27, 2011 [http://reason.com/archives/2011/09/27/abolish-the-department-of-home]
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* Here's an interesting one from Salon.  [http://www.salon.com/life/lgbt/index.html?story=/mwt/feature/2011/09/28/southwest_s_banishment_issues]
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* Visit this economist debate and reconstruction Jack Snyder's article against the proposition [http://www.economist.com/debate/days/view/744]
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* Reconstruction Article #1:  Suzanne Mettler, "Our Hidden Government Benefits," NYT [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/opinion/our-hidden-government-benefits.html?_r=1&ref=opinion]  [[Reconstruction of Mettler, Our Hidden Government Benefits]]
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* Reconstruction Article #2: Editor, "Obama Hits Bottom," National Review
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[http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/277700/obama-hits-bottom-editors]\
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* Reconstruction Article #3: Derek Thompson, "Obama's 'Class Warfare': It's Not About Class, It's About Age," The Atlantic, [http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/09/obamas-class-warfare-its-not-about-class-its-about-age/245363/]
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* Recon #4: Darren Murph, "Editorial: Reed Hastings' Netflix spinoff isn't about DVD success, it's about hedging the stream," Engadget, [http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/19/editorial-reed-hastings-netflix-spinoff-isnt-about-dvd-succes/]
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*[[Fall 2010 Articles for Reconstruction]]
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*Systems Theory Introduction [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPt8zbJUcPU]
  
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:Use [[Media:Journals_of_Thought_and_Opinion.doc | this handout]] to determine the point of view or position of popular magazines and news magazines. Most of the popular periodicals have an editorial stance which may be liberal, conservative or mainstream, depending upon the publication's writers and editors. 
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==Previous Course Experience==
  
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Step 2: Conduct research related to the issues in the Crook article. Find a variety of sources and post findings to the [[collborative research page]] for this assignment.  For a finding, post the citation, brief abstract or reconstruction and enduring link to the article, if possible.  Good findings are those that help you identify a particular perspective ''''along with its rationales'''' on the topic.
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*[[Critical Thinking Articles for Reconstruction]]
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*[[Past Critical Thinking Research Pages]]
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*[[Previous Course Versions and Assignments]] and [http://alfino.org/cfma/courses/101/topics.cfm Previous to the wiki]
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*Good future topics: Is it just to limit job and educational opportunities for people with criminal records?
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*[[Critical Thinking Study Guide | Study Guide with student notes from Fall 2010]]
  
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Step 3: Follow postings to the [[collborative research page]] during the week and formulate your own view as you read various articles. 
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[[Category:Critical Thinking]]
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Step 4: In a 3-4 page paper, present your own rationales for your position on income inequality.  Select specific issues to address based on your reflection and reading.
 
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===Inquiry Assignment / Research Project===
 
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:We'll post more instructions for the Research project soon 3/2 [[User:Alfino2|Alfino2]] 11:05, 4 March 2007 (PST)
 
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:[[Http://alfino.org/cfma/courses/101/researchprojectguide.htm]]
 
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==Spring 2007 Research Topic Search==
 
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We'll start working on narrowing topics after Spring Break. 
 
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In the Fall semester, the following topics were chosen: Immigration Reform, Marriage Reform, AP courses in High School,
 
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Media Bias, Sex Trafficing, Sex Offender Notification Laws, Global Warming, Performance Enhancing Drugs, and Stem Cell Research.  These topics all worked well.
 
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The two basic requirements for good topics are:  1) There must be reasonable differences of opinion about how to think about the topic.  2) The topic must be researchable.
 
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==Study Question Collaboration==
 
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Follow this link to the [[Critical Thinking Study Question Collaboration Page]], where you can post your answers to the study questions, edit answers and comment upon them.  If you all do a good job with this, everyone does better on the test, and I get to make the course harder for the next batch of students!
 

Latest revision as of 19:14, 1 November 2011

Course Information


Jesuit Education Sources

Some Student Pages

Articles for Reconstruction & Other Resources

  • RICHARD VEDDER & ANDREW GILLEN, "The Solution to Student-Loan Debt," National Review, October 21, 2011 [1]
  • The Editors, "The Case for Marriage," National Review [2]
  • Don’t Give Cover to the Women-as-Victim Crowd, By Carrie L. Lukas, National Review [3] Alfino recon of Lukas
  • Paul Krugman,"Panic of the Plutocrats," [4]
  • New York Times Video Blog: Bloggingheads: One-State Solution?

Gershom Gorenberg, left, author of “The Unmaking of Israel,” and Dimi Reider of +972 Magazine debate the one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict[5]

  • Nicholas Kristoff, "Is Israel Its Own Worst Enemey?" NYT [6]
  • Gene Heally, "Abolish the Department of Homeland Security," Reason, September 27, 2011 [7]
  • Here's an interesting one from Salon. [8]
  • Visit this economist debate and reconstruction Jack Snyder's article against the proposition [9]
  • Reconstruction Article #1: Suzanne Mettler, "Our Hidden Government Benefits," NYT [10] Reconstruction of Mettler, Our Hidden Government Benefits
  • Reconstruction Article #2: Editor, "Obama Hits Bottom," National Review

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  • Reconstruction Article #3: Derek Thompson, "Obama's 'Class Warfare': It's Not About Class, It's About Age," The Atlantic, [12]
  • Recon #4: Darren Murph, "Editorial: Reed Hastings' Netflix spinoff isn't about DVD success, it's about hedging the stream," Engadget, [13]
  • Fall 2010 Articles for Reconstruction
  • Systems Theory Introduction [14]

Previous Course Experience

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