Lindsey Wilson MLSD

Take some time to reflect on the current state of your critical thinking competencies. Consider your thinking processes when you started the course. Have they changed at all? I look at my critical thinking as a painting. I feel that before this class I had a good sketch of my composition, but now I can start filling in my picture with color.  Before I started this course I felt that I had a good, solid foundation in my critical thinking abilities because I would “think about my thinking while I’m thinking”. Along with this, I always try to tell myself to be practical about decisions by evaluating and balancing my emotions with facts. What has changed with my critical thinking is that while I’m thinking I will realize that a certain thought was an assumption, or an implication etc.  I have also able to apply the elements or standards of reasoning when I am advising students. For example, sometimes prospective students come into our office and tell me, “I want a degree, which one sh

by Sheena Iyengar on the art of choosing. Dr. Iyengar assumes that Americans believe the following when it comes to making choices: 1.       Make your own choices, 2.       More options leads to better choices, and 3.       Never say no to choice. Reflect on these assumptions in your Leadership blog. Do you agree with Dr. Iyengar? What is the implication of her comments on leadership? Make sure to stay tuned through the end to see Dr. Iyengar's Action Research on pink nail polish. Freedom of Choice…. with Limitations: When I first read this prompt my mind flashed back to when I was a teacher. In my undergrad we were taught all of the time about student choice and its relation to education. The broad overall learning was that giving children choices allowed each child to learn to the best of their ability. However, there was a major caveat…structure. As Dr. Iyengar mentioned, too many options can be overwhelming, and can actually lead to poorer choices by the indi