{"id":13,"date":"2018-01-10T05:06:05","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T05:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/furtherupfurtherin\/?p=13"},"modified":"2018-01-11T20:47:37","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T20:47:37","slug":"learning-activity-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/furtherupfurtherin\/2018\/01\/10\/learning-activity-1-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Activity 1.2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The primary factors that influence my decision-making process as a leader are:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Personal beliefs and values<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt;\">o<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px;\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Is my decision consistent and faithful to my faith in Christ?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Mission, vision, and value statement of the organization<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt;\">o<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px;\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Does my decision align with the mission, vision, and values of the organization?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Research<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt;\">o<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px;\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Is my decision in line with best practices? Can relevant evidence support my decision?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The Big Picture<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt;\">o<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px;\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Does my decision support the overall growth of the organization and our collective goals?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">One\u2019s worldview influences their decision-making process, the questions they ask and how they attempt to answer them whether they realize it or not. Everyone holds certain biases or beliefs that <s>blind<\/s> influence them. For example, within the field of psychology and the scientific community, you will find many presuppositions consistent with an atheistic naturalistic worldview. I hold beliefs and biases that influence my decisions.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I believe the metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical understanding presented by the Christian worldview provides the foundation of all knowledge, both rational and empirical while offering a theory of ethics founded on objective principles. My beliefs influence:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\">How I interact with staff, students, and parents<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\">My belief every student can function at a high level<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\">My ability to tolerate those I disagree with<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What are the presuppositions of your organization? What worldview are they consistent with? How do they influence the culture of the organization? Is there a tension between your worldview and your organization&#8217;s?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The primary factors that influence my decision-making process as a leader are: \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Personal beliefs and values o\u00a0\u00a0 Is my decision consistent and faithful to my faith in Christ? \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mission, vision, and value statement of the organization o\u00a0\u00a0 Does my decision align with the mission, vision, and values of the organization? \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Research o\u00a0\u00a0 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/furtherupfurtherin\/2018\/01\/10\/learning-activity-1-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Learning Activity 1.2&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,12,6],"tags":[10,8,2],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ldrs591","category-learning-activity-1-2","category-unit-1","tag-1-2","tag-ldrs591","tag-unit-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/furtherupfurtherin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/furtherupfurtherin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/furtherupfurtherin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/furtherupfurtherin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/furtherupfurtherin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/furtherupfurtherin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/furtherupfurtherin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/furtherupfurtherin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/furtherupfurtherin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/furtherupfurtherin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}