{"id":58,"date":"2021-06-21T18:10:49","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T18:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/futurefocused\/?p=58"},"modified":"2021-07-01T22:57:26","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T22:57:26","slug":"critical-thinking-problem-solving-and-decision-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/futurefocused\/critical-thinking-problem-solving-and-decision-making\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-458 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/futurefocused\/files\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-01-at-6.56.30-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/futurefocused\/files\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-01-at-6.56.30-PM.png 834w, https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/futurefocused\/files\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-01-at-6.56.30-PM-300x249.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/futurefocused\/files\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-01-at-6.56.30-PM-768x637.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>According to research by the Association for American Colleges &amp; Universities:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">93% of employers say that \u201ca demonstrated capacity to think critically, communicate clearly, and solve complex problems is more important than a candidate\u2019s undergraduate major.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even more (95 %) say they prioritize hiring college graduates with skills that will help them contribute to innovation in the workplace.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">About 95% of those surveyed also say it is important that those they hire demonstrate ethical judgment and integrity; intercultural skills; and capacity for continued new learning.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More than 75% of those surveyed say they want more emphasis on five key areas including: critical thinking, complex problem solving, written and oral communication, and applied knowledge in real-world settings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">80% of employers agree that, regardless of their major, every college student should acquire broad knowledge in the liberal arts and sciences.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>We invite you to further consider how we might reimagine and redesign schools and education through the development of skills involving Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making below.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your time and <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-229\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/futurefocused\/files\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-23-at-10.18.05-PM-300x55.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"82\" height=\"15\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/futurefocused\/files\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-23-at-10.18.05-PM-300x55.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/futurefocused\/files\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-23-at-10.18.05-PM-510x96.png 510w, https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/futurefocused\/files\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-23-at-10.18.05-PM-517x96.png 517w, https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/futurefocused\/files\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-23-at-10.18.05-PM.png 522w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 82px) 100vw, 82px\" \/> consideration,<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jess Gowin, Will Rogers, Alexis Johnican, and Alicia Deckard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Butler EPPSP Group 39 &amp; 40<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/view-awesome-table.com\/-MdYQydI3gwUtY-tvwkr\/view\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-431 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/futurefocused\/files\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-01-at-3.15.03-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1099\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/futurefocused\/files\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-01-at-3.15.03-PM.png 1099w, https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/futurefocused\/files\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-01-at-3.15.03-PM-300x46.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/futurefocused\/files\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-01-at-3.15.03-PM-1024x157.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/futurefocused\/files\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-01-at-3.15.03-PM-768x118.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1099px) 100vw, 1099px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to research by the Association for American Colleges &amp; Universities: 93% of employers say that \u201ca demonstrated capacity to think critically, communicate clearly, and solve complex problems is more important than a candidate\u2019s undergraduate major.\u201d Even more (95 %) say they prioritize hiring college graduates with skills that will help them contribute to innovation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2585,"featured_media":174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52532],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-58","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-butler-way","8":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/futurefocused\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/futurefocused\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/futurefocused\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/futurefocused\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2585"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/futurefocused\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/futurefocused\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":459,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/futurefocused\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58\/revisions\/459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/futurefocused\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/futurefocused\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/futurefocused\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/futurefocused\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}