{"id":242,"date":"2007-03-08T17:34:05","date_gmt":"2007-03-08T21:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/jreyes\/2007\/03\/08\/critical-thinking-journalsculture-of-t"},"modified":"2007-03-09T13:43:14","modified_gmt":"2007-03-09T17:43:14","slug":"critical-thinking-journalsculture-of-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/jreyes\/2007\/03\/08\/critical-thinking-journalsculture-of-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical Thinking Journals\/Culture of Thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nWell, last semester I kept a journal for my class CCT 602: Creative Thought. This semester I&#8217;m doing the same for CCT 601: Critical Thought. I think that what I&#8217;m writing now is more interesting. I&#8217;ve been able to build on my work from previous classes, but somehow things seem to be coming together now. To indulge my narcissism, I&#8217;ve decided to post my papers right here on my blog&#8212;that way at least my grandmother can read them.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/jreyes\/files\/2007\/03\/CCT601-2007-02-06%20Journal%201.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/jreyes\/files\/2006\/11\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"Journal 1\" \/> The Culture of Thinking<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\nIn this entry, I try to tease out some of the more obvious components of society. In doing so, I look for applications in a learning environment context. Values pop out as a the centerpiece of attention&#8212;and whether a classroom is structure to enable the learning and use of higher-order thinking skills is really a commentary on the values of the classroom. The implication is somewhat surprising: there is no such thing as a morally neutral education. Every action in a classroom is a statement of value judgment.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIn particular, I introduce a concept of central importance to my later journal: a <b>behavior space<\/b>. After all, how can you &#8220;take me to Funkytown?&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><p><font size=\"1\" color=\"#999\">Technorati Tags:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/tishman\" rel=\"tag\">tishman<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/perkins\" rel=\"tag\">perkins<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/jay\" rel=\"tag\">jay<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/education\" rel=\"tag\">education<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/classroom\" rel=\"tag\">classroom<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/learning environment\" rel=\"tag\">learning environment<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/society\" rel=\"tag\">society<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/value\" rel=\"tag\">value<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/culture of thinking\" rel=\"tag\">culture of thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/critical thinking\" rel=\"tag\">critical thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/learning\" rel=\"tag\">learning<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/knowledge\" rel=\"tag\">knowledge<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/community\" rel=\"tag\">community<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/cct\" rel=\"tag\">cct<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/behavior space\" rel=\"tag\">behavior space<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, last semester I kept a journal for my class CCT 602: Creative Thought. This semester I&#8217;m doing the same for CCT 601: Critical Thought. I think that what I&#8217;m writing now is more interesting. I&#8217;ve been able to build &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/jreyes\/2007\/03\/08\/critical-thinking-journalsculture-of-thinking\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1071,1353,134,114,199,246],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creativity","category-critical-thinking","category-education","category-personal","category-philosophy","category-society"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/jreyes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/jreyes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/jreyes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/jreyes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/jreyes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/jreyes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/jreyes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/jreyes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/jreyes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}