embedding critical thinking skills in education teaching
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The Greatest Need...
The Highest
Desire...
OUTCOMES
• Meaning & Significance of CT• Intentional Teaching of CT • Embedding & Assessing CT • Creating CT Teaching/
Assessment Plan
CRITICAL THINKING?
• CT is the evaluation & judgment of a solution to a problem or issue.(Vincent Ruggerio)
• CT is reflective thinking that is focused on driving what to do andbelieve. (Robert Ennis)
CRITICAL THINKING
• Making sense of the world by carefully examining our thinking &the thinking of others in order toclarify & improve our understanding.(John Chaffee)
Evaluation, Judgment, Reflection, Making Sense, Understanding
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Student to be ACTIVELY & INTENTIONALLY engaged in CT
CT Equation
SIGNIFICANCE OF CT• To learn is to think• To think poorly is to learn poorly• THEREFORE, to think well is to learn
well
• All content, to be learned, must be intellectually constructed
• CAUTION: Memorizing IS NOT learning
Source: Eric Rusten & Susan Schuman – USAID/PAEM & MoE
SIGNIFICANCE OF CT
SORRY! FALSE
• Students come expecting to learn TRUTH from AUTHORITY• Fail to see that KNOWLEDGE is
UNCERTAIN• Limited tolerance for differing
solutions...• CT to students: "Finding THE answer"
WHY EMBED CT?
STRATEGY FOR TEACHING (EMBEDDING) CT
TEACHING & LEARNING METHODOLOGY
TEACHING & LEARNING METHODOLOGY
CT SKILLS TO CONSIDER EMBEDDING
• Mind Mapping• Asking Qs • Defining the central issue/ problem• Classifying information into groups• Placing info. in sequential order • Distinguishing fact from opinion
ASSESSMENT OF CT
• What form of assessment? Good Q!• Better Q is: How valid is the
assessment?• Qs with a single correct answer do
not promote CT• Move from simple to challenging CT
tasks
ASSESSMENT OF CT
• MCQs generally not good for engaging in CT
• Supplement MCQs with short essay Qs to test CT
ASSESSMENT OF CT• Reasoning by Analogy– Foundation to all general intelligence
(Hunt, 1982)• Reflection– Ask Students to reflect & write the steps,
rules used & the sequence in problem solvingsituations
ASSESSMENT OF CT – Ranking Assignment: present a task
with several options and ask to rank in order of priority with supporting reasons
– Lecture Summary on Wiki • Most important concepts, in student own
words, using their examples
EXPERIENCE SHARING
• Connecting the dots assignment
• Write a paper (50-words) discussing how what students learned in that week's topic is connected to other courses or life?
SCAFFOLDING
• Provision of appropriate support for learning CT is crucial– This support to be gradually withdrawn
SCAFFOLDING
• Atmosphere of Trust– Allowing students to take risks and make
mistakes
• Validate students’ contributions –Make encouraging nods & show patience
Good Luck with Your Teaching of CT
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