Instead of considering thinkers as individuals struggling to get some clarity about the conceptual problems that trouble them, he fits them up as characters in an off-the-peg story about the Enlightenment begetting idealism which begat romanticism which begat modernism which begat postmodernism.
It is postulated that the typical pedagogy of teaching public health courses in isolation without interaction with experts/students from these diverse fields may only produce routine thinkers instead of healthcare leaders, system thinkers and innovators.
Schmidt, who has traded barbs with Palin since the election, said, "There's no one who really provides a better contrast to Sarah Palin, showing her as an entertainer instead of a serious thinker — and there's not enough oxygen for both of them".
Reforming the U.S. public education system to make it less like a factory processing future workers, and focusing instead on creating a nation of thinkers, might seem counterintuitive to matching up high school and college grads with scarcely available jobs.
Some words have particularly strong connotations; you should strive to use words that are as precise and dispassionate as possible, such as "divergent thinker" instead of "crackpot".
It never occurred to me to seek out a like-minded student; instead I yearned to connect with a diversified group of thinkers to test my values and thought processes.
But he has proved to be such an ingenious researcher and clear-eyed thinker that instead of being consigned to the fringe of his field, the opposite has happened: he has shown other economists just how well their tools can make sense of the real world.
I am a visual thinker, so instead of going for a pre-existing image I decided to synthesize the picture myself the results you can see in the gallery above.
Instead, she plunges directly into the 18th century, quickly and neatly distinguishing between two opposed sets of thinkers -- the British (who are the good guys) and the French (who are, well, French).
For example: instead of saying you're a creative thinker, highlight examples of times when you presented creative, useful solutions to a problem.
