Critical Thinkng for Leaders

Getting Started

As you work through this assignment to fill out a Worldview Chart, consider how five major worldviews

answer the important questions of life. Reflect on how you personally answer each question and why.

Think about how worldview impacts one’s role as a lead

er and the decisions that one makes as leader.

While these worldview questions may not, at first glance, seem particularly relevant to the role of

leader, they actually are essential questions for leaders. Understanding what is true, what is right, what

is

real…all represent the foundation upon which good leader thinking and good decision making is

based.

3.3 Getting StartedAuthor Nancy Pearcey (2004) once wrote: “A worldview is not the same thing as a

formal philosophy, otherwise it would only be for phil

osophers. Even ordinary people have a set of

convictions about how reality functions and how they should live. Some convictions are conscious while

others are unconscious but together they form a consistent picture of reality” (p. 23). Expressed another

wa

y, the scholar Francis Shaeffer (1991) asserted that “people function on the basis of their worldview

more consistently than even they themselves may realize. The problem is not outward things. The

problem is having, and then acting upon, the right worldvi

ew

–

the worldview which gives men and

women the truth of what is” (p. 252).

Background Information

Your blank worldview chart may be found at the link below in the Instructions.

NOTE: While this course addresses five major worldviews, it is imp

ortant to understand that many other

worldviews exist. Among them are Individualism (I am the center of the universe), Consumerism (I am

what I own), Nationalism (My nation, under God), and New Age (are we gods or are we God’s?).

Instructions

Carefully review the key points in video lecture and be sure to consult your Sire text for additional

insights and explanations.

Fill out the “Constructing a Worldview Chart” bl

ank template(Word document), using what you have

learned. Use other resources that you find, as well.

Five of the major worldviews are listed in the left

-

hand column. You will need to provide a brief

definition for each. Then, complete each of the boxes that are labeled with Sire’s seven worldview

questions. You may answer in short phrases or bulleted poin

ts.

N

aming Convention: Use the following format for naming the (Word document) files that contain your

assignment:

Part 1

–

Initial of fir

st name

Part 2

–

Last name

Part 3

–

Assignment name

Getting Started

As you work through this assignment to fill out a Worldview Chart, consider how five major worldviews

answer the important questions of life. Reflect on how you personally answer each question and why.

Think about how worldview impacts one’s role as a leader and the decisions that one makes as leader.

While these worldview questions may not, at first glance, seem particularly relevant to the role of

leader, they actually are essential questions for leaders. Understanding what is true, what is right, what

is real…all represent the foundation upon which good leader thinking and good decision making is

based.

3.3 Getting StartedAuthor Nancy Pearcey (2004) once wrote: “A worldview is not the same thing as a

formal philosophy, otherwise it would only be for philosophers. Even ordinary people have a set of

convictions about how reality functions and how they should live. Some convictions are conscious while

others are unconscious but together they form a consistent picture of reality” (p. 23). Expressed another

way, the scholar Francis Shaeffer (1991) asserted that “people function on the basis of their worldview

more consistently than even they themselves may realize. The problem is not outward things. The

problem is having, and then acting upon, the right worldview – the worldview which gives men and

women the truth of what is” (p. 252).

Background Information

Your blank worldview chart may be found at the link below in the Instructions.

NOTE: While this course addresses five major worldviews, it is important to understand that many other

worldviews exist. Among them are Individualism (I am the center of the universe), Consumerism (I am

what I own), Nationalism (My nation, under God), and New Age (are we gods or are we God’s?).

Instructions

Carefully review the key points in video lecture and be sure to consult your Sire text for additional

insights and explanations.

Fill out the “Constructing a Worldview Chart” blank template(Word document), using what you have

learned. Use other resources that you find, as well.

Five of the major worldviews are listed in the left-hand column. You will need to provide a brief

definition for each. Then, complete each of the boxes that are labeled with Sire’s seven worldview

questions. You may answer in short phrases or bulleted points.

Naming Convention: Use the following format for naming the (Word document) files that contain your

assignment:

Part 1 – Initial of first name

Part 2 – Last name

Part 3 – Assignment name