Compare And Contrast Patricia King And Kitchener

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Patricia King and Karen Kitchener came up with the seven stages of development after interviewing hundreds of students at the University of Minnesota. These two graduate friends mention that people try all these stages out in order. King and Kitchener illustrate these stages so we can understand the different wats we think and they realize that we can use several ways of thinking at the same time. They also state that some people never reach the highest levels of thinking; people usually stay in between the first four stages. Anyway, people develop the capacity to progress through life. The first stage is that people think that knowledge exists absolutely in the flesh and abstractions do not exist. This stage is usually in a young child range …show more content…

These people draw tentative conclusions and compare evidence and opinions from different perspectives to consider and determine the useful solutions. They decide whether there is practical reason to draw a conclusion at this time. The seventh stage is when people consciously recognize that they must construct knowledge and decisions about ill-structured problems through a process called reasonable inquiry. They do not just make stuff up but they draw the most reasonable or probable conclusion from the current evidence Those with the highest stages of rational inquiry reflect a deep understanding of knowledge and it is that deep understanding that influences how you make judgments about different choices in life. Those decisions will determine what kind of student and person you will become. I think that these stages will reflect on my group project work because people in my group are in different stages and I believe that we all think differently because of this. As a group we will help each other think in different ways and development many solutions to any problems we might come against. Having this different characteristics can help strengthen our group because if we all thought the same we will not be able to move forward with our project. I think that due to this we will have a good balance of the seven stage of King and

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