Evie's+page

i created this page to be used for various purposes, mostly like a reflective journal related to concepts and conversations in HU4150.

Thinking is Kendra's topic for today, but is a crucial point that is close to my heart. I remember as a child having the realization that I was thinking about thinking. I tried to talk to my mother about it, but words were hard to find. While thinking in its many colors and forms are matter of contemplation that fascinates me--"thinking" can become a harmful activity. Thinking can be a bad habit. How can we and our students cultivate the arts of thinking "mindfully"? What harm can thinking do? What are the different kinds of thinking humans engage in, and what do they accomplish? Do each of us have specific "thinking dispositions" similar to "multiple intelligences?" (Howard Gardner's term)

As our world becomes complicated by speed of communication, increased engagement with various technologies, and other factors that place us in one ethical dilemma after another, "thinking" becomes incredibly valuable and essential to living a wholesome life. But, to what extent do we hone those arts in classrooms? If we were to hone the arts of thinking, what would teaching look like?

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