SUMMARY OF THE LECTURE BY STEPHEN BROOKFIELD


SUMMARY OF THE LECTURE BY STEPHEN BROOKFIELD ON CREATIVE AND CREATIVE THINKING
The lecture of Stephen Brookfield, author of "Teaching for Critical Thinking: Tools and Techniques to Help Students Question their Assumptions" (Jossey Bass 2011), delivered the keynote address at the 2012 DePaul University Teaching Commons Fall Forum. In his presentation, Dr. Brookfield explains how university instructors can challenge students' assumptions and model the exploration of alternative perspectives. He also presents several practical activities that encourage creative and critical thinking in the classroom.

Indeed, a person who thinks critically is able to:
  • Identify assumptions behind thinking and actions
  • Check assumptions for accuracy and validity
  • Take informed action
In addition he pointed out that an informed action is one based on evidence/experience that can be justified, an action that has its assumptions known and checked, something that stands a chance of achieving its intended consequence, a fact that has been viewed from multiple perspectives, and at las but not least a process that is enacted via multiple modalities.

Finishing the lecture he pointed out one of the most important aspects, which was the 4 keys of intellectual traditions which were:

a) ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY: logical fallacies, argument analysis, inductive, deductive, analogical, inferential reasoning.
b) NATURAL SCIENCE: hypothetical-deductive method, principle of falsifiability.
c)CRITICAL THEORY: uncovering power dynamics and ideological manipulation.
d)PRAGMATISM: experimental and creative pursuit of beautiful consequences (E.g. democracy, inclusion, connection).
In class where we had the opportunity of watching this long and interesting lecture, professor Insuasty told us that from those 4 key intellectual traditions, the ones that we are going to study will be the analytic philosophy and the critical theory which are more related to the subject, since we are not going to have enough time to work the other two.


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  1. Jhon Jairo Losada Rivas30 de enero de 2019 a las 11:41 a.m.

    Good summary indeed!
    Bearing in mind your previous comments, I would like you to reflect upon the following question:
    How often do you take informed actions? How much does your thinking influence the way you act?

    Best regards,
    Jhon Losada

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