what is more important emotional intelligence or cognitive intelligence

In my opinion neither one is more important than the other. Both are two important aspects needed in life, although cognitive intelligence may come into use more on a daily basis than emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is the ability to conceive, control and evaluate emotions, with some believing it is an inborn characteristic whilst others believing it can          be strengthened and learned. Cognitive intelligence is the logic aspect of life which involves the brain functioning in regarding to reasoning, logical arguments, solving puzzles and making sense of things. Cognitive intelligence is a very important day to day necessity as without it normal everyday tasks would become impossible. But take Joey Essex (I’m a Celebrity, Get me out of Here), recently admitted that he couldn’t tell the time and didn’t know how to blow his nose. Does this make him stupid? Some people are calling him an ‘ idiot’ and ‘a gobshite’. So no he wouldn’t be the sharpest tool in the box but that didn’t stop him from becoming the favourite to win ‘I’m a celeb’. Because what Joey can tell when someone is upset and takes the time out to listen to them, he gets upset and can also control his anger. I on the other hand don’t, and wish I did. Arguments are something people experience throughout life and here is where you have to hold your ground. But with people getting upset and howling insults at people nothing can get sorted. Being emotionally unintelligent can lead to failed relationships both professionally and sociable. Being able to succeed at work is great but to not know your partner is upset is not so great. In my opinion there needs to be a happy medium between the two and wouldn’t consider either one to be of more importance. 

Reference List:

·         About.com. whats your E.Q [online] available at: http://psychology.about.com/library/quiz/bl_eq_quiz.htm? [accessed on the 11^th of December 2013].

·         Ask.com.  Whats your E.Q? [online] available at: http://www.ask.com/question/what-is-traditional-cognitive-intelligence [ Accessed on the 11^th of December 2013].

Bibliography:

·         Cooke, D. 2013.  Communications and the Learning Environment. ITB.

understanding what critical reading is

Critical reading and  thinking is taking a piece of information, whether you read it or heard it, and asking the who, where, when, why, what and how’s of it, and you concluding as to whether or not you agree or disagree with the information. Critical thinking is a vital skill that everybody from different walks of life does without even realising it. Whether it be from gossiping to discussing a topic at college, we are critically analysing the information we heard. We don’t need to decide straight away whether or not we believe this new information, critical thinking allows us to form the opinions and other information we need to validate this information. This process incorporates passion and creativity whilst also keeping discipline, practicality and common sense as main contributing factors. The hardest thing I find about critical thinking is trying to put the concept of it down in words. Linda Elder, a member of The Critical Thinking Community, in 2007  states that critical thinking is "self-guided, self-disciplined thinking which attempts to reason at the highest level of quality in a fair-minded way. People who think critically consistently attempt to live rationally, reasonably, empathically." Information is something that we are faced with on a day-to-day bases. Critical thinking helps us to deal with this information. In college we were given a link on our college page which was linked to The University of Plymouth                              http://itblibrary.blogspot.ie/search?q=critical+thinking  

This I found to be an excellent model because it broke it down, so instead of reading pages after pages I was looking at a picture which broke down all the necessary information.

I had researched the topic for a while before I understood how to explain it. This picture helped me to understand it the most. Critical thinking is broken down into 3 stages: description, analysis and evaluation.

1.           The description is asking us to describe it: what? When? Who? Where?

2.            .Analysing it:  Why? How?

3.              Evaluation: what if? So what? What next?

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Reference list:

• ·         ITB Library. 2011. [online] available at:  http://itblibrary.blogspot.ie/search?q=critical+thinking [Accessed on the 11^th of December 2013].
• ·         The Critical Thinking Community. [online] available at:  http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/defining-critical-thinking/766 [Accessed the 11th of /December]

Bibliography:

• ·         Cooke, D. 2013. Communications and the Learning Enviroment, Lecture Notes. ITB
• ·         How The Language Really Works: the Fundaments of Critical Reading and Effective Writing. [online] available at:  http://www.criticalreading.com/critical_thinking.htm  [Accessed the 11th of December 2013]
• ·         ITB Library. 2011. [online] available at:  http://itblibrary.blogspot.ie/search?q=critical+thinking [Accessed on the 11^th of December 2013].

Plagarism tips and tricks

Referencing for me personally was something that was created to test me every time I do an assignment at college. Just when I think I have mastered the idea of it I receive feedback on an assignment saying my referencing was wrong but that I am improving (whether or not this is said so  I don’t give up on life or it really is improving I don’t know), but it is something I am aiming to master, need to master. Referencing is acknowledging the work of others in your assignments instead of trying to pass it off as your own work, because believe me they do find out. Referencing is such an important part of your college academic life- it can lead to you failing or passing, so it’s best to try and figure it out in the early days. Things that need to be referenced are books, journals, websites, pictures, newspapers- basically anything you put into your assignment that you haven’t thought of. Most colleges use the Harvard Referencing system- a 2  step system including ‘in text referencing’ (commonly referred to as citation) and ‘a reference list’. In text referencing is used in your piece of work immediately after or before any piece of information your copying is written into your work. You need to include the author, year of publication and a page number here e.g

‘Scaffolding means changing the level of support’ (Santrock 2007, p.229).

A reference list is an alphabetical list of all material used in your work. This is included at the end of your work on a separate page. A reference list should look like this

Santrock, J.W.(2007) Child Development, New York: Tata McGrath.

There are different ways to reference different materials depending on your source. In college we were given a leaflet that had different examples and we just incorporated our information into it (see pics). 

Reference List:

·         Cooke, D. 2013. Communications and The Learning Environment, Lecture 3: Plagiarism. ITB

·         ITB. Department of Humatities, Referencing Guide. Febuary 2013.

·         Santrock, J.W.(2007) Child Development, New York: Tata McGrath.

What Type of Note Taker Am I?

There are many different ways to do effective note taking with no one way being more important than the other. One technique can only be more important than the other depending on the person themselves and whatever way they find more effective. Effective note taking personalises the required information, so instead of you learning off big words and long windy complicated stuff, you are learning off what you have broken down into something you understand.

          Effective note taking involves the following:

• ·         Recording- gathering notes
• ·         Reducing- key-points/ words/ phrases
• ·         Reciting- restating and personalising
• ·         Reflecting- thinking about what you’ve learned
• ·         Reviewing- update and build to consolidate information
• ·         Recap- summarise key learning.

Although you have probably read the above and your jaw hit the floor, thinking sure that’s loads of work to do, you’d be surprised that you’ll have found yourself doing all of the above, maybe not at one go but you will. The first 3 you will do on the spot as your taking down your notes, and the last 3 you will do when studying.

There are different types of effective note taking styles: The Cornell Format, The Outline Format, The Sentence Format, and Mind mapping.

Cornell Format:

 

Mind mapping:

 

Sentence Formatting:

  Example

• A revolution is any occurrence that affects other aspects of life, such as economic life, social life, and so forth. Therefore revolutions cause change (See page 29 to 30 in your text about this).

 Example Sentence Format

• Revolution - Occurrence that affects other aspects of life: e.g., econ., socl., etc. C. text, pp. 29-30

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAhRf3U50lM this link is well worth a watch with its tips on how to write good, effective notes.

Here is an example of Sentence formatting I did when watching a video clip ‘TedTalks’ by Kevin Breel on the  topic of ‘Confessions of a Depressed Comic’ :

This video highlights the taboo subject of depression. Kevin Breel outlines how being depressed is not being sad when something in your life goes wrong, but how it’s being sad when everything in your life is going great.  This video is great because its answering all those questions people wouldn’t ask in fear of upsetting the person who had suffered from depression. Depression is not just something that can be gotten rid of, its a disease that will always be in the back of your mind. He outlines that it is ok to have depression and that ‘we need to stop the silence, take a look at the truth and start talking’. Its a great watch that really opens up the unknown eye into depression. 

Reference List:

·         American Digest: Cornell Notes [online] Available at: https://www.google.ie/search?q=cornell+format+in+note+taking&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=8bKpUpaZOdTG7AaQkoGQCw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1241&bih=560#q=cornell+format+in+note+taking+simple&tbm=isch&facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=8imIw9ldGLm6DM%3A%3BpQ7iJ_InoQ4VAM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Famericandigest.org%252Fmt-archives%252Fcornell.gif%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Famericandigest.org%252Fmt-archives%252F004983.php%3B420%3B212 [Accessed 12^th December 2013].

·         Bitesize Bio. 2008. Mind mapping. [online] available at: http://bitesizebio.com/articles/free-mind-mapping-software/ [Accessed 12^th December 2013].

·         Breel, K. 2013.  TEDTALKS. Confessions of a Depressed Comic. [online] available at: http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_breel_confessions_of_a_depressed_comic.html [Accessed 12th December 2013].

·         Cooke, D. 2013. Communications and the Learning Enviroment, Lecture Notes Effective Note Taking. ITB

·         Notes Taking Formats: Activity 2.  [online] available at: http://www.settlementatwork.org/lincdocs/linc5-7/academic.skills/LINC6-7/06.note.tkg.formats/images/06.note.tkg.formats.act2.outline.gif [Accessed 12th December 2013]

·         Watchwellcast. How to take Great Notes. [online] available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAhRf3U50lM [Accessed 12^th December 2013].