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Republican's 2012 party platform: "We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills". Yikes! -- No wonder Republicans have difficulty figuring stuff out.
The Republican Party of Texas has issued their 2012 political platform and has come out and blatantly opposed critical thinking in public schools throughout the state. If you wonder what took them so long to actually state that publicly, it is really a matter of timing. With irrationality now the norm and an election hovering over the 2012 horizon, the timing of the Republican GOP announcement against "critical thinking" instruction couldn't be better. It helps gin up their anti-intellectual base.
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Texas GOP rejects critical thinking skills. Really. - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
By Valerie Strauss
In the you-cant-make-up-this-stuff department, heres what the Republican Party of Texas wrote into its 2012 platform as part of the section on education:
Knowledge-Based Education We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the students fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority.
Yes, you read that right. The party opposes the teaching of higher order thinking skills because it believes the purpose is to challenge a students fixed beliefs and undermine parental authority.
It opposes, among other things, early childhood education, sex education, and multicultural education, but supports school subjects with emphasis on the Judeo-Christian principles upon which America was founded.
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Are liberals still trying to figure out critical thinking? It starts with the idea of truth (which they dont like, they're shades of gray people) add in some logic and facts, with a pinch of reason and voila...but since they dont believe in absolutes, then you cant think critically
(root word critic or decision making or right and wrong or descriminating.....ooooh no...did he say that, yes I did, because descrimination aint about race, liberals just think (or is it feel) descrimination to be a synonym for racism, but it's not)
The problem with critical thinking, as taught by public education, is that they don't teach question everything, but that liberal ideology is absolute, conservative thought is dubious, and that it is acceptable to ignore your opponent in a debate by rules of character assassination, personal attack, and outright vileness.
Are liberals still trying to figure out critical thinking? It starts with the idea of truth (which they dont like, they're shades of gray people) add in some logic and facts, with a pinch of reason and voila...but since they dont believe in absolutes, then you cant think critically
(root word critic or decision making or right and wrong or descriminating.....ooooh no...did he say that, yes I did, because descrimination aint about race, liberals just think (or is it feel) descrimination to be a synonym for racism, but it's not)
No, it doesn't start with the idea of truth. You have absolutely no idea what critical thinking even means.
The problem with critical thinking, as taught by public education, is that they don't teach question everything, but that liberal ideology is absolute, conservative thought is dubious, and that it is acceptable to ignore your opponent in a debate by rules of character assassination, personal attack, and outright vileness.
They don't teach that.
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The problem with critical thinking, as taught by public education, is that they don't teach question everything, but that liberal ideology is absolute, conservative thought is dubious, and that it is acceptable to ignore your opponent in a debate by rules of character assassination, personal attack, and outright vileness.
They don't teach that.
Well genius, do tell us what critical thinking is, since there is no truth, logic, rationality or facts. I cant wait to see what you think it is.
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Are liberals still trying to figure out critical thinking? It starts with the idea of truth (which they dont like, they're shades of gray people) add in some logic and facts, with a pinch of reason and voila...but since they dont believe in absolutes, then you cant think critically
(root word critic or decision making or right and wrong or descriminating.....ooooh no...did he say that, yes I did, because descrimination aint about race, liberals just think (or is it feel) descrimination to be a synonym for racism, but it's not)
No, it doesn't start with the idea of truth. You have absolutely no idea what critical thinking even means.
yeah it does. I knew you'd hate the truth thing, but critical thinking requires truth, if no truth then what? It's really about questioning assumptions, so if you have no truth then who cares?
They don't teach that.
Well genius, do tell us what critical thinking is, since there is no truth, logic, rationality or facts. I cant wait to see what you think it is.
I like this definition:
"the process of purposeful, self-regulatory judgment, which uses reasoned consideration to evidence, context, conceptualizations, methods, and criteria."
Critical thinking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Well genius, do tell us what critical thinking is, since there is no truth, logic, rationality or facts. I cant wait to see what you think it is.
I like this definition:
"the process of purposeful, self-regulatory judgment, which uses reasoned consideration to evidence, context, conceptualizations, methods, and criteria."
Critical thinking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
wait you used reason and judgement? I didnt think liberals were allowed those. But if you have reason and judgement, then you need a little kernel of truth my friend along with facts.
The list of core critical thinking skills includes observation, interpretation, analysis, inference, evaluation, explanation, and meta-cognition. There is a reasonable level of consensus among experts that an individual or group engaged in strong critical thinking gives due consideration to:
In addition to possessing strong critical-thinking skills, one must be dispoto engage problems and decisions using those skills. Critical thinking employs not only logic but broad intellectual criteria such as clarity, credibility, accuracy, precision, relevance, depth, breadth, significance, and fairness.[9]
- Evidence through observation
- Context
- Relevant criteria for making the judgment well
- Applicable methods or techniques for forming the judgment
- Applicable theoretical constructs for understanding the problem and the question at hand
Speaking of a total lack if critical thinking skills.Conservatives now claim liberals don't know what critical thinking is, how to use it, or what it's for. Yet the conservatives are the ones refusing to let it be taught to Texas children. Won't be long until a conservative claims critical thinking or any thinking is communistic, and should be banned from all schools.
Conservatives now claim liberals don't know what critical thinking is, how to use it, or what it's for. Yet the conservatives are the ones refusing to let it be taught to Texas children. Won't be long until a conservative claims critical thinking or any thinking is communistic, and should be banned from all schools.
Conservatives now claim liberals don't know what critical thinking is, how to use it, or what it's for. Yet the conservatives are the ones refusing to let it be taught to Texas children. Won't be long until a conservative claims critical thinking or any thinking is communistic, and should be banned from all schools.
Its indoctrination, not critical thinking. You suggesting we should teach kids to be communists?
Core critical thinking skills require a person to question everything, verify facts, analyze given statements against life experience, and then reach a conclusion.
The problem with critical thinking, as taught by public education, is that they don't teach question everything, but that liberal ideology is absolute, conservative thought is dubious, and that it is acceptable to ignore your opponent in a debate by rules of character assassination, personal attack, and outright vileness.
These boards are not meant for critical thinking, logic, or even the Social Sciences, they are meant for posters to turn every topic into a liberal-conservative argument. They are meant for name-calling, giving short autobiographies, case studies, and a terrible bending of the truth. We see the truth or lack thereof for each post from our political postiton.
If anyone were truly interested in any type of critical thinking I would suggest starting with the logical fallacies. Take only a couple of the more commonly used, say analogy, thin entering wedge, ad hominem or any that appeal, and learn those. Soon you can use the boards as a learning tool, spottiing those fallacies as second nature, then on to a couple more. Some fallacies are more commonly used and easier to master, some may not be worth learning.
One of fun things is to see yourself use fallacies and no one picks up or calls you on them. But again, these boards are not meant for critical thinking, or logic.
Is this post based on a fallacy?
I like this definition:
"the process of purposeful, self-regulatory judgment, which uses reasoned consideration to evidence, context, conceptualizations, methods, and criteria."
Critical thinking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
wait you used reason and judgement? I didnt think liberals were allowed those. But if you have reason and judgement, then you need a little kernel of truth my friend along with facts.
The list of core critical thinking skills includes observation, interpretation, analysis, inference, evaluation, explanation, and meta-cognition. There is a reasonable level of consensus among experts that an individual or group engaged in strong critical thinking gives due consideration to:
In addition to possessing strong critical-thinking skills, one must be dispoto engage problems and decisions using those skills. Critical thinking employs not only logic but broad intellectual criteria such as clarity, credibility, accuracy, precision, relevance, depth, breadth, significance, and fairness.[9]
- Evidence through observation
- Context
- Relevant criteria for making the judgment well
- Applicable methods or techniques for forming the judgment
- Applicable theoretical constructs for understanding the problem and the question at hand
You're plagiarizing.
