Description
Industries and business around the world are changing very
fast as they are constantly disrupted with new technologies, new ideas and new
approaches. It is therefore imperative for students to learn to manage the
change that will inundate their lives.
World organizations like world Economic Forum (WEF),
International labour Organization (ILO), Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development (OECD) and International Society for Technology Development
(ISTE) have recommended a number of skills that the 21st century
youth must possess in order to succeed in their professional and personal
lives. They include, among others, the following 7C thinking skills:
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Creative Thinking
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Critical Thinking
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Computational Thinking
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Competitive Thinking
·
Comprehensive Thinking
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Communicative Thinking
·
Collaborative Thinking
This book is all about developing these skills among
the readers. The book comprehensively covers all major aspects of thinking. It
presents in a simple and lucid manner concepts, models, analysis and
applications of various thinking styles. Wherever necessary, pictorial representations
of concepts and models are provided to facilitate easy grasping and
better understanding of the concepts discussed.
This book
focuses on “how to think rather than what to think”. Successful thinking is a
mindset that enables us to reach our full potential and provides us with the
mental discipline to create and achieve positive outcomes. By mastering
thinking skills, we can learn how to think differently and to solve problems at
multiple levels of depth.
Table of Contents
1- Importance of
Thinking Skills
2- Critical
Thinking
3- Creativity
and Creative Thinking
4- Rational
Thinking
5- Design Thinking
6- Ethical Thinking
7- Systems
Thinking
8- Comparison
of Thinking Styles
Author
E. Balagurusamy
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Prof. E.
Balagurusamy is currently the Chairman of EBG Foundation, Coimbatore. He served
as a Member of High-Level Committee on School Education of Tamil Nadu Government
and Chairman of Committee for Development of Text Books on Science and
Technology in Higher Education. He also served as a member (Education).
Planning Commission of Tamil Nadu Government.
He was earlier a Member of Union Public Service
Commission and Chairman of Consortium for Educational Communications, New Delhi
and Vice Chancellor of Anna University, Chennai, the largest technical
university in India.
A prolific writer, he has authored more than 40 Books
on IT and Computer, many of them are being prescribed as texts in Universities
and Colleges throughout India. Some of his books have been translated into
Mandarin, Spanish, Korean and Russian Languages.
Prof. Balagurusamy, an ethical leader, philanthropist
and recipient of numerous awards and honors, has established EBG Foundation, a
Charitable Trust, to serve the socially and economically deprived sections of
the society.
His biography “Nermaiyin Payanam” (A Journey of
Honesty) was released by Mrs. Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon’ble Minister of Finance,
Government of India November,2019.
He hold an ME(Hons) in Electrical Engineering, PhD in
Systems Engineering, both from IIT, Roorkee and a Diploma in Education from
U.K.</p
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