Critical thinking allows us the chance to place importance and meaning on our past and current situations; while at the same time, shaping, molding, and directing the outcomes of our future by influencing our choices and decisions that we will make. Critical thinking “provides the tools of mind you need to think through any and everything that requires thoughts. . . “(R. Paul & L. Elder 2006) The Aspects of Critical Thinking In addition to our ordinary level of thinking which involves making decisions and choices that can contain the whole spectrum of thoughts based on rational/irrational behaviors, urges, and assumption; Critical thinking requires that thinking be analyzed and assessed.
• Reflecting on work activities in an important way to develop knowledge, skills and practice enables us to reach our goals, achieve a better understanding of ourselves, self-awareness, strengths and weaknesses. To be able to reflect on how individuals are doing to transfer theoretical knowledge to practice. The things that I know or what I don’t know, how to achieve some goals, achievements and where I need to improve. 1.3 Describe ways to ensure that personal attitudes or beliefs do not obstruct the quality of work • The ways to ensure that personal attitudes or beliefs do not obstruct the quality of work is to find out about individual history, attitudes, beliefs, promote empathy and be professional at work, by not posing my beliefs to others as they have a right to their own beliefs. 2.
These changes are usually accompanied with a strategy in order to create success. I saw many opportunities to change this process, after the end of this class. My approach to the process improvement was to define, review, identify, verify and execute an approach to optimize an approach to my process. When I defined the scope of the process, I opened a window which I measured what a successful process would include; which is a saving time. The next
To maintain as much independance as is possible. And to retain dignity and respect for the individual. Risk assessments should be regularly reviewed as an individuals health, independance and mental capacity can change. It is important to use an agreed risk assessment process as it allows you to evaluate any risks and possible consequences that may be involved in an activity or lifestyle that an individual wishes to partisipate in. It allows you to find other ways that maybe less risky and to record the alternatives.
); action; (what needs to be done next, how? ); seeking alternatives; keeping an open mind; viewing from different perspectives; thinking about consequences; testing ideas; seeking, identifying and resolving questions. Own values, beliefs systems and experiences may also affect working practice, reasons why could include; experiences that affect approach to working practices, for example, motivation, conformity, cooperation, consistency, respect, fairness, creativity, previous experiences of learning; self-awareness of values and beliefs; ways own
I really don’t know. It could be a combination of time management, difficulty concentrating, fear and anxiety or negative beliefs. It is important that I change this behavior because it can Problem Solving PROBLEN SOLVING and DECISION MAKING Making a choice between a specific behavior that I would change would be a rather easy decision. The first behavior that I will seriously work
Leading change can be a daunting task but those who can offer clear problem solving skills will always be leaders. Being curious and asking questions is one of the most vital keys in problem solving. Understanding the issue and asking questions and removing opinions and emotions is a valuable task to have. In chapter nine, Ruggerio (2012) gives us tips for using our imagination to its fullest potential. They include: forcing uncommon responses, using free association, using analogy, looking for unusual combinations, visualizing solutions, constructing pros and cons of an argument and constructing relevant scenarios.
For example, if the client is better off after the application of the intervention in comparison to the prior assistance. Applying a logic model to this evaluation will measure the changes of skills, behaviors, understanding, values, and independence for each client. The measurements will address the prior behaviors and skills in comparison to the present behaviors and skills to document the achievement changes. These measures come from data collection involving client satisfactions surveys, special measurement instruments, and the service professional that can accurately account for specific influences in these evaluations. In addition, the outcome evaluation can prepare the organization for a long-term intervention that can create changes in the community of the organization and the surrounding businesses and community stakeholders.
By using these two together we are able to find evidence to support the views of what we are working on. We will be able to analyze the situations with care and discuss the subjects in a way that is organized. We should have the ability to predict any consequences and find alternatives. From this the step of forming and applying concepts then put them into action can take
Transformational Changes Different stages of the transformational learning cycles are reconging a problem, confronting it, finding a solution, integrating a new perspective. Through the stages of transformational learning its implementing on a persons life changes. Recongizing that they are not the only being going through this change. Changing a persons perspective, not only in individuality but also as a whole, then implementing that plan into action. There for making that transformational change.