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What is Criticality

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Handbook of Research on Operational Quality Assurance in Higher Education for Life-Long Learning

A critical stance towards the world of systematic knowledge (thinking), the inner world (self-reflecting) and the outer world (acting).

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From Reflective Practice to Critical Thinking: The Reflective Practitioner in Higher Education

Eva Cendon (FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany)

Source Title: Handbook of Research on Operational Quality Assurance in Higher Education for Life-Long Learning

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1238-8.ch008

Abstract

This chapter explores the role of reflection and the development of reflexivity in programs of professional studies in higher education. Serving as empirical basis is a qualitative explorative longitudinal study with students in different master's programs at a University for Professional Studies, considering the students' perspective and their changing understanding and practice of reflection both at the workplace and in their studies. The students' perspective is complemented by an analysis of interviews with teachers in professional master's programs about their teaching strategies supporting students' learning. Linking these two perspectives leads to a developmental model of reflection over the course of studies that allows new ways of interpreting the reflective practitioner in higher education.

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An attribute attached to an infrastructure or component, which reflects its importance compared to other infrastructures within a system, reflecting the severity of the direct and indirect consequences of a failure for the system. Building on the first definition, criticality with respect to a certain good, the infrastructure needs to fulfill its tasks, describes the adverse impacts of a reduced or insufficient supply of this good to the infrastructure on the system.

Published in Chapter: Criticality-Based Designs of Power Distribution Systems: Metrics for Identifying Urban Resilient Smart Grids; From: Information Technology Applications for Crisis Response and Management

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A term coined by Gholdy Muhammed to refer to something other than critical thinking. Criticality asks that students know how to write, speak, read, and think about power and equity so that they can understand and promote anti-oppression.

Published in Chapter: Heeding the Call of America's Youth: Teaching Pre-Service Teachers About Race and Young Adult Literature; From: Handbook of Research on Teaching Diverse Youth Literature to Pre-Service Professionals

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