TNC

• Generations


  • Generation Alpha (2012 to present)
  • Generation Z (1997 to 2011)
  • Generation Y (Millennials) (1980s to 1996)
  • Generation X (Baby Boomers) (1980s and below)
• Centuries


  • 22nd Century (2100 onwards)
  • 21st Century (2000 onwards)
  • 20th Century (1998)
  • 19th Century (1801-1899)
• Hallyu Wave


  Korean Wave/Era
• Hallyu Wave elements


  • Singing, Dancing
  • Acting/Drama
  • Samgyup/Korean Resto
  • Style/Make Up
• Park Geun-hye
• In the 21st century, culture is power
• The 21st century marked a deep and broad changes for the modern world
• The 21st century is "a make or break century"
• The internet has turned the world upside down
• The speed of the internet has significantly affected people's choices and decision-making
• Information – true or false – can be transmitted in a matter of seconds
• Personal stories can go public, local issues can be global
• The 3Rs


  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Arithmetic
• The 7Cs


  • Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving
  • Communication, Information and Media Literacy
  • Collaboration, Teamwork and Leadership
  • Creativity and Innovation
  • Career and Learning Self-Reliance
  • Crossing-Cultural Understanding
  • Computer and ICT Literacy
• Money has three functions


  • Medium of Exchange - goods and services
  • Unit of Account - transactions and payment (numerical value)
  • Store of Value - (saved, stored, retrieved)
• 50/30/20 Rule


  Needs (50%): Rent or mortgage, Car payment, Utilities, Groceries

  Wants (30%): Streaming services, Shopping, Vacations

  Savings/Debt (20%): Emergency Fund, Retirement, Child's Education, Credit card payments
• Financial Literacy


  The ability to use knowledge and skills to manage one's financial resources effectively for lifetime financial security
• Critical Thinking


  • Thinking that ASSESS THOUGHTS; ANALYZES THOUGHTS and TRANSFORMS THOUGHTS

  Not just accepting thoughts based on what we hear, what we read; or what we have become accustomed to

  A step-by-step processing of thoughts
• Steps in Critical Thinking


  Assessing thought by asking who, what, when and where

  Analyzing the thought by asking why and how

  Transforming thoughts by putting them on a higher standard, correcting if wrong, making passive thoughts active
• Intellectual standards are not exclusive only for genius people. Intelligence can be developed.
• A good thinker is conscious that when they think, they use the intellectual standards.
• Aristotle: '"BE A FREE THINKER AND DON'T ACCEPT EVERYTHING YOU HEAR AS TRUTH. BE CRITICAL AND EVALUATE WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN."'
• Strategic Thinking


  Deliberate, abstract, effortful thinking that breaks down a complex problem into parts
• Strategic Thinking


  1. Identify the problem

  2. Analyze the problem

  3. Generate solution

  4. Implement solution

  5. Reflect on outcomes
• Strategic Thinking


  • SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
• Strategic Thinking


  • Thinking conceptually, imaginatively, systematically and opportunistically
  • Rational reasoning of a person
  • Consideration of evidences
• Intuitive Thinking


  • Quick and ready insight
  • Instinct (without the need for conscious reasoning)
  • Unforeseen circumstances
• Intuitive Thinking


  • Gut feeling, sixth sense, inner sense
  • Spiritual guide
  • Cannot cite pragmatic reason
• Intuitive Thinking


  • Superstitious beliefs
  • Immediate decisions
• Intuitive Thinking


  Based on prior knowledge and experiences
• Barriers to Cultivating Critical Thinking & Types of Thinking
• THREE TYPES OF THINKERS


  • UNCRITICAL, SELFISH, FAIR-MIND
• UNCRITICAL PERSONS (NAIVE NENE)


  • easily manipulated
  • ineffective
  • ignorance
  • submissive
• SELFISH CRITICAL PERSONS (SELFISH SAM)


  • Self-centered
  • vested on interest
  • acquisitive
  • greedy
• FAIR-MIND CRITICAL PERSONS (FAIR-MINDED FRAN)


  • honor the values of critical thinking
  • accurately speak their minds and opinions
  • reasoning skills
• BARRIERS TO CULTIVATE CRITICAL THINKING


  • ACQUISITVE
  • BIAS
  • BIGOT
  • BULLY
  • CALLOUS
  • CHAUVINIST
  • CHEAT
  • EGOCENTRICITY
  • ETHNOCENTRICITY
• ACQUISITVE


  • wealth/material possessions to an excessive degree
  • greedy/selfish
  • motivated by greed and fame
• BIAS


  • prejudice with an unjustifiable love or hate, like or dislike, acceptance or rejection
  • judgmental
  • based on mere gut-feeling
• BIGOT


  • unreasonably attached to a belief/opinion
  • hatred against person/group's gender/race
  • backed up by doctrinal beliefs of religion
• BULLY


  • superior VS inferior
  • feeling strong