Method for Cultivating 'Inquiry-mind' Using the Information Access-based Belief Bias Parameter
Yuki Ito, Kyoko Ito, Shogo Nishida · IEEJ Transactions on Electronics Information and Systems · 2010
It is important to have ‘Inquiry-mind’ which is the disposition to access information in a critical manner. There are several previous approaches that use discussion ‘Inquiry-mind’. However it is not easy to cultivate Inquiry-mind only by discussion. This study proposes a method for cultivating Inquiry-mind that focuses on opening one's eyes to the possibility of belief bias, that is the tendency to gather agreeable information. This study proposes a method for the quantification of belief bias based on three factors, accessing information, deciding the degree of importance and viewpoint. From the evaluation experiment in which 33 college students participated, it was observed that, accessing information and viewpoint are especially important for cultivating Inquiry-mind. This result confirms the efficacy of the model and argue in favor of its combined use with other cultivating methods.