{"id":158,"date":"2024-01-15T17:07:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T22:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/cacfv2\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=158"},"modified":"2024-05-25T09:49:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T13:49:36","slug":"critical-thinking-problem-solving","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/cacfv2\/chapter\/critical-thinking-problem-solving\/","title":{"raw":"Critical Thinking\/Problem Solving","rendered":"Critical Thinking\/Problem Solving"},"content":{"raw":"<img class=\"alignleft wp-image-535 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/cacfv2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2144\/2023\/12\/ReportBanner-CriticalThinking.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"144\" \/>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSupporting [pb_glossary id=\"225\"]KSA[\/pb_glossary]s for this area\r\n<table class=\"alignleft\" style=\"width: 1373px\" border=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"border\" style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;width: 469.817px\"><strong>Knowledge Of<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;width: 414.5px\"><strong>Ability To<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;width: 447.783px\"><strong>Attributes<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: top;width: 469.817px\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Societal tensions including conflicting interests and the positive climate action trends in society<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: top;width: 414.5px\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Practice critical self-reflection and analysis on personal social location and bias.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Apply systems thinking<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Build linkages between scholarship and practice<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;vertical-align: top;width: 447.783px\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Critical thinking<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Investigative nature<\/li>\r\n \t<li>\u2018Holistic understanding\u2019: Able to see the bigger picture and not look at the challenges from a single, narrow angle.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div align=\"left\">\r\n<table class=\"grid\" style=\"width: 1338px;height: 667px\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 30px\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 122.233px;height: 30px\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 1186.83px;height: 30px\" colspan=\"4\"><strong> Critical Thinking\/Problem Solving Competencies<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 30px\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 122.233px;height: 30px\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 256.95px;height: 30px\"><strong>1. React\/Follow<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 241.267px;height: 30px\"><strong>2. Act\/Apply<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 323.617px;height: 30px\"><strong>3. Anticipate\/Initiate\/Enable<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 323.1px;height: 30px\"><strong>4. Lead\/Strategize<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 46px\">\r\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 122.233px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top;height: 46px\"><strong>Competency Title<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 256.95px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top;height: 46px\">Use critical thinking skills<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 241.267px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top;height: 46px\">Apply problem-solving techniques<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 323.617px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top;height: 46px\">Apply systems thinking<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 323.1px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top;height: 46px\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 77px\">\r\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 122.233px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top;height: 77px\"><strong>Competency Statement<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 256.95px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top;height: 77px\">Use critical thinking skills related to own role, work assignments, and areas of responsibility<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 241.267px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top;height: 77px\">Apply problem-solving techniques to address challenges within own scope of work and areas of influence<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 323.617px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top;height: 77px\">Apply systems thinking broadly to areas of work and responsibility, including those that apply to the broader team or organization<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 323.1px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top;height: 77px\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 484px\">\r\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 122.233px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top;height: 484px\"><strong>Performance Criteria<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 256.95px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top;height: 484px\">\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Use iterative and human-centric processes of inquiry and problem solving and real-world experimentation<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Seek out relevant details and interconnections<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Use scenarios to support assessment<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Communicate relevant issues, opportunities for improvement<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Think proactively to predict and evaluate possible consequences<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Navigate ambiguity and uncertainty<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Deal with incomplete and\/or overly complicated information<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Engage in reflexive practices.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 241.267px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top;height: 484px\">\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Address multiple planning horizons and co-benefits<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Apply an iterative, adaptive, integrative, outcomes-based approach<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Collaborate with identified partners, groups, and communities to achieve defined program objectives<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Identify relevant issues, opportunities for improvement<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Describe possible futures and seed change Formulates problem statements<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Uses data appropriately, systematically, objectively<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 323.617px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top;height: 484px\">\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Able to think in models and patterns, to recognize patterns and relationships in systems, to reflect on them and to consider them in decision making and acting.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Understanding of the complexity and inter-relationships between issues, such as the interdependence between human health and health of the environment<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Encourage critical thinking of systems, and consequences in long\/short term contexts<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Able to collectively analyse and understand complex systems across different domains (society, environment, economy, etc.) and across different scales (local to global),<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Considering cascading effects, inertia, feedback loops and other systemic features related to sustainability issues and sustainability problem-solving frameworks.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Utilizes conceptual discussions of people and social systems: values, preferences, needs, perceptions, (collective) actions, decisions, power, tactics, politics, and institutions<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 323.1px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top;height: 484px\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-535 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/cacfv2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2144\/2023\/12\/ReportBanner-CriticalThinking.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/cacfv2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2144\/2023\/12\/ReportBanner-CriticalThinking.jpg 900w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/cacfv2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2144\/2023\/12\/ReportBanner-CriticalThinking-300x48.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/cacfv2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2144\/2023\/12\/ReportBanner-CriticalThinking-768x123.jpg 768w, 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style=\"width: 1338px;height: 667px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 30px\">\n<td style=\"width: 122.233px;height: 30px\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 1186.83px;height: 30px\" colspan=\"4\"><strong> Critical Thinking\/Problem Solving Competencies<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 30px\">\n<td style=\"width: 122.233px;height: 30px\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 256.95px;height: 30px\"><strong>1. React\/Follow<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 241.267px;height: 30px\"><strong>2. Act\/Apply<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 323.617px;height: 30px\"><strong>3. Anticipate\/Initiate\/Enable<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 323.1px;height: 30px\"><strong>4. Lead\/Strategize<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 46px\">\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 122.233px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top;height: 46px\"><strong>Competency Title<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 256.95px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top;height: 46px\">Use critical thinking skills<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 241.267px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top;height: 46px\">Apply problem-solving techniques<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 323.617px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top;height: 46px\">Apply systems thinking<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 323.1px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top;height: 46px\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 77px\">\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 122.233px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top;height: 77px\"><strong>Competency Statement<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 256.95px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top;height: 77px\">Use critical thinking skills related to own role, work assignments, and areas of responsibility<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 241.267px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top;height: 77px\">Apply problem-solving techniques to address challenges within own scope of work and areas of influence<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 323.617px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top;height: 77px\">Apply systems thinking broadly to areas of work and responsibility, including those that apply to the broader team or organization<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 323.1px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top;height: 77px\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 484px\">\n<td class=\"shaded\" style=\"width: 122.233px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top;height: 484px\"><strong>Performance Criteria<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 256.95px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top;height: 484px\">\n<ol>\n<li>Use iterative and human-centric processes of inquiry and problem solving and real-world experimentation<\/li>\n<li>Seek out relevant details and interconnections<\/li>\n<li>Use scenarios to support assessment<\/li>\n<li>Communicate relevant issues, opportunities for improvement<\/li>\n<li>Think proactively to predict and evaluate possible consequences<\/li>\n<li>Navigate ambiguity and uncertainty<\/li>\n<li>Deal with incomplete and\/or overly complicated information<\/li>\n<li>Engage in reflexive practices.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 241.267px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top;height: 484px\">\n<ol>\n<li>Address multiple planning horizons and co-benefits<\/li>\n<li>Apply an iterative, adaptive, integrative, outcomes-based approach<\/li>\n<li>Collaborate with identified partners, groups, and communities to achieve defined program objectives<\/li>\n<li>Identify relevant issues, opportunities for improvement<\/li>\n<li>Describe possible futures and seed change Formulates problem statements<\/li>\n<li>Uses data appropriately, systematically, objectively<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 323.617px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top;height: 484px\">\n<ol>\n<li>Able to think in models and patterns, to recognize patterns and relationships in systems, to reflect on them and to consider them in decision making and acting.<\/li>\n<li>Understanding of the complexity and inter-relationships between issues, such as the interdependence between human health and health of the environment<\/li>\n<li>Encourage critical thinking of systems, and consequences in long\/short term contexts<\/li>\n<li>Able to collectively analyse and understand complex systems across different domains (society, environment, economy, etc.) and across different scales (local to global),<\/li>\n<li>Considering cascading effects, inertia, feedback loops and other systemic features related to sustainability issues and sustainability problem-solving frameworks.<\/li>\n<li>Utilizes conceptual discussions of people and social systems: values, preferences, needs, perceptions, (collective) actions, decisions, power, tactics, politics, and institutions<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 323.1px;text-align: left;vertical-align: top;height: 484px\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"glossary\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\" id=\"definition\">definition<\/span><template id=\"term_158_225\"><div class=\"glossary__definition\" role=\"dialog\" data-id=\"term_158_225\"><div tabindex=\"-1\"><p>Knowledge, Skills, and Attributes. 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