Networks and Critical Thinking

• Kinds of Network

  • Local Network
  • National Network
  • Global Network
  • Human Network
  • Nonhuman Network
  • Social Network
  • Computer Network
• Elements of Network

  • Actor
  • Link
  • Flow
• Link is an element of network pertains to the connection between actors and it defines the relationship among actors
• Actor pertains to individuals of collectivity; it can be human or nonhuman
• Network is an idea of connection between entities in space
• Network is a system in which elements are connected to other elements in systematic way
• Network contains set of objects and a mapping or description of relations between objects and nodes
• Flow is an element of network pertains to the things being exchanged by the actors; it can be information, knowledge, attitude
• Critical thinking is methodological analysis of reasoning
• Critical thinking is about understanding of the implication of data to reasoning process
• Critical Thinking is a form of higher order thinking skills which controls reflective thinking that draws on lower order of cognitive processes like perception, attention, and memory
• Characteristics of Critical Thinking

  • Concerned with correct reasoning
  • Deals with coherence of the structure of reasoning and the relevance of its content
  • Improves everyday decision making
  • Is a good thinking
• CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS

  • Analysis
  • COmmunication
  • Open Mindedness
  • Problem Solving
  • Creativity
• ADVANTAGES OF CRITICALTHINKING

  • lifetime skills
  • enhances creativity
  • broad range if cognitive process
  • improves relationship
  • key to career success