FDY3006 Portfolio: Critical, Creative & Ethical Thinking in Practice

This portfolio provides a comprehensive analysis of critical, ethical, and creative thinking, divided into three main parts. Part A focuses on Elder's article and reflective practice, emphasizing the importance of critical perspectives and disciplined thinking. Part B presents a case study on the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on academic institutions, discussing the challenges and potential solutions. Part C examines the grading system in universities and suggests potential changes. The portfolio concludes by highlighting the significance of reflection in academic life and its role in fostering personal growth and development. Desklib offers a wide range of solved assignments and study resources for students.

FDY3006 Thinking Critically,
Creatively
and Ethically

Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................................3
Main Body............................................................................................................................................4
PART A- Elder's article........................................................................................................................4
PART B- Case study on Lockdown on Covid-19 and impact on academic institutions......................5
PART C- University should change the way students are graded .......................................................6
CONCLUSION ...................................................................................................................................8
References............................................................................................................................................9

Introduction
The given document is an individual portfolio for thinking critically, ethically and creatively for engaging the student with their personal
core strengths and identification of weakness. The provided document is being separated into 3 parts that will deliver quality of their findings
over the provided task. This project will include key focus on lockdown imposed by government and its impact on academic institutions.

Main Body
PART A- Elder's article
Description
A critical perspective is the greatest method to approach all challenges and decisions in individualr life. This does not imply that
individual should work on individual abilities to critique others. Rather, I mean that individual should consider the difficulties and possibilities
that individual encounter seriously. To put it another way, individual have to make a lot of decisions in individualr life, from determining
whether to pursue a college degree to choosing a partner and having children (or not), and individual'll want to do the best thinking individual
can while making those decisions.
Application
To put it another way, individuall want to make decisions that have favourable outcomes. Without discipline and rigour, the human mind
is prone to sloppy thinking. Surprisingly, it frequently prefers not to have to "think." Rather than inquiring into the nuances of topics, it is usually
impetuous, preferring to act on its immediate reaction to a circumstance or problem. Despite the fact that it is non-reflective by nature, it is
completely capable of changing and enhancing its operations. Most individuals are unaware of this truth since such thinking requires intellectual
discipline, which is rarely understood or respected in our culture.
Reflection

What: I consider that reflection is a key approach which helps an individual to facilitate learning and development. It is major role of a
candidate in the academic life to focus on reflection for gaining desired results.
So What: I have focused on development of a learning cycle by taking into account my mind enhancement approach and other things. It
is one of my crucial role to develop a strategy related to mind planning in order to develop career development.
Now What: I am now focused to develop creativity in majority of tasks performed to gain effectiveness in learning and development.
Conceptual Framework for Part A
PART B- Case study on Lockdown on Covid-19 and impact on academic institutions
Description
The first lockdown resulted in school closures, which were obviously damaging to pupils' education. This makes it even more perplexing
that the government has done so little to protect our children's education. Despite saying that it was their top priority on several times, the
government has not done anything to reduce the impact of lockdowns. Although improved planning may have helped to lessen the worst effects
of the first lockdown in the UK, it might be claimed that it was unavoidable. Given the stark warnings sent by the first wave of lockdowns in
2020, it's tougher to argue that the second and third waves were actually unavoidable. We had time to implement managed isolation and
quarantine for incoming travellers, locally driven contact tracing, effective public health messaging, and improved ventilation in schools and

workplaces, all of which would have helped to blunt, if not completely avoid, the alpha wave we experienced in the winter of 2020, possibly
without the need for further lockdowns.
Application
Many individuals would put the safety of the most vulnerable people at the top of their priority list. Many individuals would cherish a
functional NHS that provided equitable access to everyone in times of need. Many people place a high value on their population's long-term
health. On March 23, 2020, at 8 p.m., Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the country on the worsening of the covid crisis in the United
Kingdom. "I must give the British people a very basic instruction beginning this evening," he stated. "Individual have to return home." It marked
the start of the United Kingdom's first lockdown.More than 185 000 people have died in the UK as a result of covid-19, hundreds of thousands
more are still struggling with the weight of extended covid, hospitals have regularly failed to give the promised level of care, and the NHS has
recently battled through the worst winter on record.
Reflection
What: I found that COVID-19 is a devastating pandemic which impacted on functioning of whole education system of United Kingdom.
It is one of my major responsibilities to analyse the scope of education in COVID-19 and learning about strategies to overcome the situation. In
the United Kingdom, it is major role of government to put emphasis on easing educational practices in order to achieve key goals and objectives
of economy.
So What: I consider that, it is crucial for all the citizens to follow guidelines of COVID-19 in order to increase the overall strength of the
organisation. I have also acknowledged that it is essential for the economy to boost itself with the help of planning and strategic frameworks for
the achievement of prosperity.
Now What: I also notice that in order to gain effectiveness in key operations, it is necessary for academic institutions to focus on rules and
regulations formulated by government.

Conceptual Framework for Part B
PART C- University should change the way students are graded
Description
Task Part B
Deconstruction
Application to
Contemporary Topic
COVID-19
COVID-19 and
academic institutions
COVID-119 affecting
student evaluation
Impact on Universities
Current Academic
institutions in United
KIgdon
COVID-19 has
devastating impact
COVID-19 affecting
Universities
Students, Parents,
Guardians and Fculty
COVID-19 and UK
higher education
Description
Application
Reflection

Exit exams preceded the awarding of a degree in the oldest types of grading, as evidenced at Harvard as early as 1646. Some schools also
gave out awards based on student competitions or staged regular seat-assignment tournaments. Given that early in the 18th century, institutions
such as Yale and Harvard had tests and chose valedictorians and salutatorians, some sort of grading system must have existed.Grades became
one of the key forms of communication between institutions as schools grew in size and quantity, and coordination between schools became
increasingly crucial.
Application
This meant that grades had to be meaningful not only within an institution but also to outsiders. A student at Harvard obtained a "B" in
1883, according to a document, while Mount Holyoke had a "A," "B," "C," "D," and "E" grading system in 1884. Each letter represented a range
of percentage scores, with a score of less than 75% equalling a "E" and indicating failure. In 1898, Mount Holyoke introduced a "F" grade to the
scale (for failing) and altered the percentages for the other letters.
Reflection
What: I consider that, the scientific literature raises serious doubts about what grades truly mean. For the foreseeable future, grades are
expected to remain the currency of formal teaching and learning in most higher education contexts.
So what: As a result, maybe the most crucial grading concern for instructors is to be wary of what marks represent. Some professors will
refuse to offer letters of reference for students who did not attain grades in a specific range in their class.
Now What: I will focus on learning and developing key ways which are essential for development of performance and develop a focused
approach.

CONCLUSION
From the analysis of the report document, it can be concluded that provided document offered an individual portfolio for critical, ethical,
and creative thinking in order to engage the student with their particular fundamental strengths and weaknesses. The offered document is divided
into three parts, each of which will deliver high-quality findings for the work at hand. This project concludes importance of reflection in
academic life and its importance in developing growth of an individual.

References
Books and Journals
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management systems. Kybernetes.
Hedayati, A., Khalilzadeh, M., & Bahari, A. (2021). The Effect of Organisational Learning Capability on Individual Performance through the
Use of Enterprise Resource Planning and User Satisfaction. Journal of Information & Knowledge Management, 20(02), 2150026.
Lunsford, D. L., & Phillips, P. P. (2018). Tools used by organizations to support human capital analytics. Performance Improvement, 57(3), 6-
15.