Helping Open-mindedness Flourish

Sustaining Innovation: Creativity among Employees of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Students in Higher Education Institutions in Brunei Darussalam

“…To determine if there is any difference between data sets of employees and students due to effects other than sample size, one of the data sets has to be linearly scaled to the sample size of the other. Scaling was done by multiplying 39 68 to values in the dataset from students to map to the sample size for SME employees. Pearson's chi-square test was implemented on transformed datasets from students.…”

“…This result is significant as prior key literature findings show that ability to suspend judgment on ideas of others is an important trait of high performance teams [10]; as discussed in Section 2.4. The conceptual foundations of open mindedness were developed by Hare [39]. Open mindedness is defined as being genuinely concerned to avoid bias, wishful thinking, and other factors that tend or will compromise serious examination of evidence [40]; it also means "being ready to view one's conclusions, no matter how strongly supported, as completely revisable in light of further evidence given the fallible nature of knowledge claims" [41].…”

Developing the Instrument of Non-Cognitive Skill Assessment for Science at Junior High School Grade VII: A Conceptual Review

“…Prior to Hare (2011), open-mindedness involves a strong intention not to ignore, except, or hide a relevant proof and needs a readiness to revise our belief if in the next investigation stage it is shown that they are wrong or incomplete [30]. Someone who is openness minded should really follow the proof and the existing truth, and put aside his personal opinion.…”

A Model of Decision-Making Based on Critical Thinking

“…Eleştirel düşüncenin kavramsal tanımlamalarında eleştirel düşünce tarafsız ya da nesnel bir biçimde düşünmeyi gerektirdiği için bireyin farklı fikir ve görüşleri eleştirel olarak değerlendirebilmeleri için olumlu bir tutum sergilemeleri gerekmektedir. Bu durum onları farklı fikir ve görüşlerin doğruluğuna ve onların içsel değerine ilişkin olumlu tutuma sahip olma (Hare, 1993), bilgiyi araştırma ve özümseme (Cegarra-Navarro ve Cepeda-Carrión, 2008) bilgiye ulaşmada ısrar etme (Haran, Ritov ve Mellers, 2013), konu üzerinde düşüncesini sorgulamasına fırsat verme (Hare, 2011), olgu, fikir, iddia, seçenek ve alternatifleri eleştirel olarak analiz etme ve değerlendirmesine olanak tanır (Carroll, 2004).…”