Facilitating the Development of Moral/Ethical Reasoning

8/31/01


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Nursing education views/requires critical thinking ability as an educational outcome

If there is such a thing as critical thinking …

Definitions of Critical Thinking

the process of figuring out what to believe or do about a situation, problem, or controversy for which no single definitive answer or solution exists (Kurfiss, 1988)

Critical Thinking in nursing

Using systematic reasoning to clarify problems

Consensus statement, Delphi Study to Define Critical Thinking in Nursing, 2000

Finally...

The term critical thinking is one of the most abused words in our thinking skills vocabulary.

We need to attend to

Areas of Personal Development

These concepts are “critical” if we want to develop practitioners that are cognitively equipped to deal with moral /ethical dilemmas.

Characteristics of Ethical Dilemmas

Areas of Personal Development

Cognitive Development

Cognitive Development

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Perry’s Scheme of Intellectual and Ethical Development allows us to examine these qualitative cognitive changes.

Cognitive Development

Intellectual & Ethical .(Cognitive) Development.Perry’s Scheme of 9 Positions or Stages

Perry’s Scheme of Intellectual and Ethical Development

Ethical decision making

Value systems and nursing

Relationship between .values and decision making

Ethical decision-making

Values Clarification

Ethical decision-making model

Ethical decision-making model

Another definition of CT

Your opinion…

Small Group Assignment

We do it when we...

We do it when we...

Promoting Cognitive Development, Critical. Thinking and Moral Reasoning

Promoting Cognitive Development, Critical. Thinking and Moral Reasoning

Critical Thinking Exercises

Structured Controversy

Promoting Cognitive Development, Critical. Thinking and Moral Reasoning

Promoting Cognitive Development, Critical. Thinking and Moral Reasoning

Promoting Cognitive Development, Critical. Thinking and Moral Reasoning

Classroom strategies

Socratic Questioning. (see Institute handout)

The Learning Cell

One-Minute Papers

One-Minute Paper

Brainstorming Activity

Clinical strategies

Clinical strategies

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