Frame of Reference

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Frame of Reference

• Linda Banh
• Gedetch Brown
• Lisa Catlett
• Nau Moreno

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Frame of reference as a barrier to critical
thinking

• Limits amount of knowledge needed to make a
  reasoned judgement
• Decisions are made before all aspects of the
  situation are clear and represented
• Beliefs are not thoroughly researched

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What is Frame of Reference?

• Belief Structure
• Perception of the World
• Communication Mediums

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What do you think of

• CSUF
• Good Friday
• Police Officers

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Part of a picture only tells part of the story

• Expand your scope of vision
• Get the behind the scenes detail
• Realize what makes up the whole story may be
  unseen or untouchable

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What you see is not always what you get
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Examples of frame of reference

• The way we were raised
• Our geographic location
• Religion
• Education
• Culture
• Our perspective of the world
• Media

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Ways to Alleviate A Limited Frame of Reference

• Your world is not the only world
• Curiosity Continually seek knowledge
• Willingness to listen and understand others
• Place yourself in someone elses shoes
• Understand that nobody knows everything
• Recognize that life is a learning process
• Attempt to answer your own questions by research
• Do not assume anything you dont understand

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Summary

• Frame of reference is the way a person perceives
  the world and their surroundings
• Frame of reference comes from parents, teachers,
  experiences, culture, education, and the media

• A limited frame of reference is a barrier to
  critical thinking
• It is important to increase ones frame of
  reference in order to be a successful critical
  thinker

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Summary

• Steps to alleviating a limited frame of reference
• recognize that frame of reference exists
• continue to evaluate our beliefs by acquiring new
  information

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Quiz

• 1. What is a frame of reference?
• 2. Is it good to limit our frame of reference?
• 3. What does ones frame of reference consist of
  (name 3 examples)?
• 4. Should we increase or decrease ones frame of
  reference in order to be a critical thinker?
• 5. Name 2 steps in alleviating this obstacle to
  critical thinking.
• Bonus True or False
• By experiencing life with curiosity and expanding
  our palate of knowledge, our frame of reference
  will enlarge.

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Answers

• 1. The way a person perceives the world and
  their surroundings
• 2. No, it does not allow us to draw a reasoned
  judgement.
• 3. Teachers, Parents, Education, Media, Culture,
  Experiences, Geographic location
• 4. Increase
• 5. Recognize that Frame of Reference exists
• and Continue to evaluate your beliefs by research
• Bonus True

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The End

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