This paper explores the notion of an inquiring system based on reflective dialogue. The term “reflective dialogue” draws from “dialogue” as used by J. Krishnamurti, noted philosopher and David Bohm, eminent physicist and philosopher. A reflective dialogue offers an inquiry approach in which self-awareness, intuition, reflection, and listening are key elements; where participants are observing t...

This paper traces the development over several years of an initiative involving student journals that was introduced into a tertiary science education course for pre-service teachers to promote enhanced learning of how to teach science. Very soon after introducing the journals into course work the lecturer began engaging in ‘unplanned’ informal reflection (reflection-in-action and reflection-on...

This article seeks to establish whether the poster presentation of a specific theme can facilitate the student's thinking skills in nursing education. A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual research design where twenty students volunteered to take part in the study by signing an informed consent was followed. Descriptive naïve sketches were used for data collection followed by i...

Studies on prediction recognize the presence of a large number predictors school-academic performance, as well existence well-established predictors, nevertheless some psychoeducational variables remain little explored, even though their great potential. One these is reflective thinking. The Laboratory for Research Cognitive Architecture (LAICO) at Federal University Minas Gerais brought forth ...

Understanding preservice teachers’ thinking styles and dispositions and how these are related to positive changes in their teacher behaviors provide valuable information for teacher preparation. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between preservice teachers’ critical-thinking dispositions and three thinking styles (judicial, legislative, and executive) and their behavior change in...

This thesis describes EM-ONE, an architecture for commonsense thinking capable of reflective reasoning about situations involving physical, social, and mental dimensions. EM-ONE uses as its knowledge base a library of commonsense narratives, each describing the physical, social, and mental activity that occurs during an interaction between several actors. EM-ONE reasons with these narratives by...

Background : Reflective thinking plays an essential role in problem solving. However, the hierarchy of students’ reflective levels when solving problems is not yet known. Objectives The study aims to determine mathematical problems. Design This type research was qualitative and employed explorative approach. Setting Participants examined 104 thinkers from Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi. Data collectio...