Missouri Western State University is a public, co-educational university located in Saint Joseph, Missouri. The school enrolls 5,665 undergraduate students and 70 graduate students.
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Healthcare Career Shortage
Missouri Hospital Association has estimated that by the year 2020, the healthcare industry will experience a severe shortage. Nurses alone will have a 25% vacancy rate in hospitals.
High School Student Misperceptions
One of the most prominent reasons for high school students to lean away from healthcare is the lack of knowledge about healthcare careers that are available.
Motivational Tools
One intervention to the healthcare shortage is to motivate and recruit high school students to the top ten healthcare careers by using problem based learning and curriculum integration. Review of Literature Top Ten Healthcare Shortages Student Reflections Acknowledgements An Application of Critical Thinking in Community Health Nursing
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E. Brooks RN, PhD and C. Hardwick, DPT Research Question Can concurrent course level expectations (CLE) be developed with a problem based focus approach, motivate or change high school students perceptions toward healthcare careers? This project was funded through a NW MO Area Health Education Center Grant. MWSU Nursing research team included Jennifer Sharp, Staci Beck, Kelly Furtado, Dawn Stark, and Nathan Voelkel and 40 Community Health Nursing Students, 8 High School Teachers, 18 High School Classes, and over 90 Healthcare Professionals. Physician Dentist
Nursing Paramedic
Medical Technologist Respiratory Therapist
Radiology Technician Surgical Technician
Physical/Occupational Therapy
Pharmacis...
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Sample Timeline, cont.
Griffon bullet points
You can copy/paste this box Critical Thinking Foundations
COL 101 and
COL 151
Curricular Goals Sample Timeline Understand the process and vocabulary of the critical thinking process. Upon completion of the course the student should be able to:
a. formulate clear and precise questions over identified problems
b. gather, assess and interpret relevant information
c. test conclusions against relevant criteria and standards
d. consider and analyze alternative theories and position
e. communicate, orally and in writing, effectively to determine solutions to complex problems Lesson One
Objective: To introduce the concept of critical thinking
Introduction to Critical Thinking
Define the concepts
Differentiate between: thinking, feeling, wanting
Intellectual and Emotional Thinking
Lesson Two
Objective: To introduce the elements of critical thinking, to have the students produce writing that defines and illustrates critical thinking
The Elements of Thought/reasoning
Lesson Three
Objective: To refine the student’s interpretation of the elements of thought
Practice and discuss the elements
Lesson Four
Objective: To introduce the standards for thinking and apply to communication
Standards for thinking
Begin analysis of articles
Lesson Five
Objective: To apply the elements and standards of thinking in written communication
Writing substantively based on reading
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T Integration of Critical Thinking into Western Classrooms: Health, Physical Education, and Recreation
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Departmental Critical Thinking Research Study Department of Health,
Physical Education, and Recreation This study will be tantamount in informing our campus-wide teaching practices as we continue to implement the critical thinking initiative in the future.
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PARTICPANTS Griffon bullet points
You can copy/paste this box COM 481
Pilot Project
Curricular Goals Key Elements Understand the process and vocabulary of the critical thinking process. Upon completion of the course the student should be able to:
a. formulate clear and precise questions over identified problems
b. gather, assess and interpret relevant information
c. test conclusions against relevant criteria and standards
d. consider and analyze alternative theories and position
e. communicate, orally and in writing, effectively to determine solutions to complex problems Essay 1:
Students were presented with the following prompt:
You may take up to 50 minutes for this exercise.
Write an essay about whether media creates a society’s values or whether it reflects a society’s values.
Take a definite stance, develop and defend this position using examples and analysis.
Proof and spell-check your essays.
Essay 2:
After discussing and identifying the elements of critical thinking, students re-wrote the essays with no time limit.
Essay 3:
Students were required to compete in the Critical Thinking Essay Contest.
Essay 4:
Students were required to complete a discipline specific essay. 14 majors participated in the process.
All CS faculty developed the discipline
specific prompts and evaluated essays. Sample Discipline Specific Prompts Name a “Transformational Leader” in today’s world and make an argument...
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PARTICPANTS and PROCESS Griffon bullet points
You can copy/paste this box Critical Thinking Essay Contest
University-wide Participation Western Scholars
Critical Thinking in Action
Welcome to the essay competition designed to provide you with an
opportunity to display your critical thinking abilities. The faculty and staff
of Missouri Western are pleased to provide you with this showcase of
student aptitudes.
Open to all currently enrolled MWSU students! How do I enter the contest?
The process is simple:
1. Read the three topic area prompts. Article I | Article II | Article III
2. Select one topic area for response.
3. Follow the guidelines for writing the essay.
4. Check out the evaluation form that reviewers will use.
Electronically submit the essay by noon, Monday, April 7th.
What’s my reward?
Students who receive the top awards for the essays, will receive a $250
credit at the University Bookstore – this could cover about two textbooks
for your next term! Up to 20 student essays will be selected for these
awards. Winning essays will be posted on the Griffon News web page.
Writers will be publicly recognized for their efforts. We have provided you with a prompt on three different topic areas.
Each of these present an opinion on a subject.
A. Select one topic area and write an essay that answers the following:
Define the issue. What are the potentially conflicting ideas? What is your stance on the issue? This is your thesis.
What are the key que...
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Three Critical Thinking Writing Assignments for the Capstone History of Psychology Course Poster presented at the Deans’ Colloquium on Critical Thinking,
Missouri Western State University, April 2008. Phil D. Wann
Department of Psychology
Abstract Assignments Critical Thinking Model Paper #1, The Zeitgeist.
History of Psychology courses have traditionally emphasized the Zeitgeist, or spirit of the times, as a key to understanding developments in the field. Broad societal and cultural factors, as well as trends within the discipline, have shaped the evolution of psychological science. For this assignment, students reflect on the Zeitgeist in modern-day America and then identify social, cultural, and political forces that affect psychology in the 21st century. The paper requires that they think critically about the following questions:
What current trends and events are shaping our views of human behavior?
What key trends are reflected in the Zeitgeist of modern America?
What forces are influencing scholarship and scientific research?
What social, economic, scientific, technological, and political forces shape our current psychology?
Paper #2, Mind/Body.
The mind/body problem is one of the enduring controversies in psychology. After students are introduced to the positions of various philosophers and psychologists in the history course, they are asked to further research the issue, select a position with which they agree, and then defend that position. The pap...
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“Transition to College” Workshop Presented by Michael Ritter Disability Services Coordinator
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Andrew Furco
University of Minnesota
February 19, 2010 Making the Case for High Quality Experiential Learning
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