Networks and CT

• Community

  The melting pot of networks where relations are built, established, and enriched
• Social Networks

  Composed of clusters and support groups of people who share similar interests, backgrounds, and real-life connections
• The desire for inclusivity and conformity can make us indifferent of the things that can go wrong. But to remain objective, one must be vigilant and in possession of critical thinking
• Classifications of Networks

  • Social Networks
  • Computer Networks
• Three Basic Elements of a Network

  • Actors (nodes)
  • Links (ties)
  • Flows
• Network


  The connection among interacting groups of people with many layers of interactions from the household to global communities, including the virtual world
• Networks in a Community

  • Family
  • The Kapitbahayan
  • The Barangay
  • Institutions
• Critical Thinking

  A form of higher-order thinking that draws on, but can be distinguished from lower-order cognitive processes like perception, attention, and memory
• group of interconnected computers exchanging information

  Computer Networks
• Principles of Critical Thinking (Rathus, 2012)

  • Be skeptical
  • Insist on evidence
  • Examine the assumptions or premises of arguments
  • Be cautious in drawing conclusions from the pieces of evidence
  • Consider alternative interpretations of research
  • Do not oversimplify
  • Do not over generalize
  • Apply critical thinking to all areas of life
• Reasoning

  Using existing knowledge to draw conclusions, make predictions, or construct explanations
• Inductive


  using specific observations to form a general conclusion
• Deductive

  using a general premise to form a specific conclusion
• Decision-making


  each decision has consequences and implications on ourselves and others.
• social environment


  affects and influences decision-making processes and outcomes.
• Two basic kinds of Thinking Processes

  • Strategic Analysis
  • Intuitive Thinking
• Strategic Analysis

  More deliberate, reflective, computational and rule-governed, caters to critical thinking skills
• General Stages (Hannson, 2005)

  1. Identification of the problem 2. Obtaining necessary information 3. Production of possible solutions 4. Evaluation of such solutions 5. Selection of a strategy for performance
• Five Analytical Methods

• Intuitive Thinking


  • Done when one needs a fast solution to a situation
• Heuristics

  mental shortcuts or thinking maneuvers for quick judgments
• Rational Thinking

  slow, conscious, effortful, complex decisions, reliable