1. 1. Types of Thinking For the TECH 4310 Course Adjunct Professor - Jim Breaux, MSF Fall 2014
2. 2. Types of Thinking Encountered in this Course Futures Thinking Critical Thinking Systems Thinking Cathedral Thinking
3. 3. Cathedral Thinking Long term thinking accomplishing a vision over several generations.
4. 4. FuturesThinking 1. Foresight: anticipating the future state of events 2. Foresight is a human ability
5. 5. Critical Thinking Edward Glaser says, The ability to think critically involves three things: 1. An attitude of being disposed to consider in a thoughtful way the problems and subjects that come within the range of one's experiences 2. Knowledge of the methods of logical inquiry and reasoning, and 3. Some skill in applying those methods. You need to be prepared to question the information you are given. More important conclusions merit more intense questioning.
6. 6. Systems Thinking The process of understanding how things that are related influence one another within a whole. everything is connected to everything else
7. 7. References and Further Reading www.criticalthinking.org website resource Edward M. Glaser, An Experiment in the Development of Critical Thinking, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1941 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09krCGboqzw quick video on critical thinking Five part series on critical thinking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP29vOogWvw Systems thinking quotes http://www.futurist.com/articles-archive/10-useful- ideas-on-systems-thinking/