SEMINAR 7: DIVIDED BY OUR EQUALITIES?

OR UNITED BY
OUR DIFFERENCES, THE ROLE OF CRITICAL THINKING IN
TODAY’S WORLD

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ACTIVIDADES
1. Reading of relatoría and protocol

2. Assigning roles for next session

ACTIVIDADES
3. Steps of critical thinking:
group practice (4).
Statements and proposed assumptions to analyse following the steps
Teams will find arguments to present in order to question the
information shared or the lack of it
4. Checking the links for UN and WHO on the matters to get a
different perspective of the issues to strengthten arguments against and
in favor.
5. Discussion questions about both topics for open debate
 Critical Thinking Steps
In order to be successful:
1. Remain open minded
2. Avoid emotional reasoning
3. Avoid oversimplification
 Critical Thinking Steps
1.Identify issues or problems.
2.Define the problem with a clear and concise statement of the
problem.
3.Gather relevant information.
4.Assess the credibility and accuracy of information and
supporting evidence.
5.Analyze information.
6.Search for reasons and root causes of problem.
 Critical Thinking Steps
7.Draw conclusions and generate theories
8.Formulate questions and test conclusions and theories
9. Identifying potential options for solutions to resolve issue
or problem
10. Assess implications and consequences of possible options
solutions
11. Select the best solution.
12. implement and test that solution
•Statement
•Freedom of speech is an important right in modern society. It
means having the right to speak one’s mind regardless of
what one’s opinion might be. Any country that tries to dictate
public opinions by law cannot be called a democracy.
• Proposed Assumption
• Freedom of speech hasn’t always been an important part of
democracy.
Statement
Treating alcoholism is difficult it requires therapy and can also be
supported by medical means. A person can become sober, but it is
important to remember that alcoholism can never be cured for good
and that it requires the person to stay away from alcohol the rest of
his/her life. Some symptoms of alcoholism are extreme mood
swings, social isolation and drinking in secrecy.
Proposed Assumption
Alcoholism is a disease.
 *How to show you are a critical thinker?

1. Look for the key ideas, themes and concepts in your research 

2. Compare, contrast and link the different ideas you identify 

3. Understand these ideas, and apply them to new questions or

problems 
 *How to show you are a critical thinker?

4. Contribute your own ideas to the academic debate; respond to the

key ideas you’ve identified - don't just summarize them!

5. Question everything you read, whether it’s been written by a

renowned academic or your favourite commentator on a topic. Ask:
• What was their purpose when writing their work?
• Do they explain their reasoning sufficiently?
• Are there alternative arguments and do they deal with them?
• Can you introduce anything from your wider research to contrast with
or support this particular text?
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disinformation
Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
dis·in·for·ma·tion (dĭs-ĭn′fər-mā′shən)
n.
1. Deliberately misleading information announced publicly or leaked by a government
or especially by an intelligence agency in order to influence public opinion or the
government in another nation: "He would be the unconscious channel for a piece of
disinformation aimed at another country's intelligence service" (Ken Follett).
2. Dissemination of such misleading information.

misinformation
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mis·in·form (mĭs′ĭn-fôrm′)
tr.v. mis·in·formed, mis·in·form·ing, mis·in·forms
To provide with incorrect information.
mis′in·form′ant (-fôr′mənt), mis′in·form′er n.
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privacy-and-future-predictions/
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