planning to develop critical thinking - huntly heroes

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Processing Ideas : Scaffolding criticaland creative thinking


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Planning - Developing thinking skills,using cognitive taxonomies, mindmaps, graphic organisers and e-

learning opportunities to achievesuccessful learning outcomes.Why do our students need to develop thinking skills ???

1. Developing discernment - Media literacy2. Pedagogy Revision - What do we know aboutCognitive Taxonomies ?

3. Planning in a chosen context - Questions and

Graphic Organiser use (Heroes & sHeroes)


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What do we believe ?


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What is real?


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Those who can make you believeabsurdities - can make you

commit atrocities.- Voltaire

The public detests all lies

.... except lies spoken inpublic, or printed lies.Edgar Watson Howe
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The media can tell us what to think !


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How do our students interpret thesemessages ?


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Fondness for clichs andclichd thinking - simplestatements that are timeworn, familiar and likely tocarry surface appeal.

Eagerness to join somecrowd or other - wear, do andthink what is fashionable,cool, hip, fab, or the oppositeor whatever . .

Reliance upon maxims -truisms, platitudes, banalitiesand hackneyed sayings - tohandle demanding, complexsituations requiring deepthought and carefulconsideration.

Preference for platitudes,near truths, slogans, jingles,catch phrases andbuzzwords.

Vulnerability to propaganda,demagoguery and massmovements based onappeals to emotions, fearsand prejudice.

Appetite for bromides - thequick fix, the easy answer,the sugar coated pill, thegreat escape, the short cut,the template, the cheat sheet

Impatience with thorough anddispassionate analysis.

Fascination with cults,personalities, celebrities,chat, gossip, hype,speculation, buzz andblather.

Hunger for vivid and dramaticpackaging

Fascination with the story, the play, the drama, the show, the episode and theepic rather than the idea, the question, the argument, the premise, the logic orthe substance.

Dr Jamie McKenzie

http:// www.fno.org


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Toolishness , Disneyfication ,Edutainment & Infotainment,Infoglut , Mentalsoftness .

Dr Jamie McKenzie Refer : http://www.fno.org

Thin quality of student work. Limited analysis

or original thought. Emphasis upon the tools and special effects -rather than content and thought.

In many cases, the medium appears to

shove the message aside.

What worries us as educators ?


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Thinking skills are discussed in connectionwith two related phenomena ;

modern technology and fast-paced change .

Teaching children to become effectivethinkers is increasingly recognized as an

immediate goal of education....If students are to function successfullyin a highly technical society, then they

must be equipped with the lifelonglearning and thinking skills necessary to

acquire and process information in an

ever-changing world. Robinson, 1987.


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Once you have learned how to askrelevant and appropriate questions,you have learned how to learn andno one can keep you from learningwhatever you want or need to

know. Neil Postman and Charles WeingartnerTeaching as a Subversive Activity


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Recalling Explaining Analyzing Challenging Transforming Synthesizing

Remembering finding it in the book

Getting your thoughts over to someoneelse - talking about it, find out more

Sifting and sorting your information talking and thinking - questioning

Active discussion, proving points withexamples arguing and reflecting

Thinking - proving your points withexamples. Altering your understanding

Making connections -Bringing together

all parts Reporting - proving your points

with examples and explanations.

How do people REACT to IDEAS anddevelop their own deeper understanding about them ?


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Knowledge/Recall

observation andrecall ofinformationknowledge of

dates, events,placesknowledge ofmajor ideasmastery ofsubject matterQuestion Cues:

list, define, tell,describe,identify, show,label, collect,examine,tabulate, quote,name, who,when, where,etc.

Comprehension/Understanding

understandinginformationgrasp meaningtranslate

knowledge into newcontextinterpret facts,compare, contrastorder, group, infercausespredictconsequencesQuestion Cues: summarize,describe, interpret,contrast, predict,associate

Applicationuse informationuse methods,concepts,theories in newsituations

solve problemsusing requiredskills orknowledgeQuestions Cues: apply,

demonstrate,calculate,complete,illustrate, show,solve, examine,modify, relate,change,classify,experiment,discover

Analysisseeingpatternsorganizationof partsrecognition of

hiddenmeaningsidentificationof componentsQuestion Cues: analyze,

separate,order, explain,connect,classify,arrange,divide,compare,select,explain, infer

Synthesis/Creation

use old ideas tocreate new onesgeneralize fromgiven facts

relateknowledge fromseveral areaspredict, drawconclusionsQuestion Cues: combine,integrate,modify,rearrange,substitute, plan,create, design,invent, what if?,

compose,formulate,prepare,generalize,rewrite

Evaluationcompare anddiscriminatebetween ideasassess value oftheories,

presentationsmake choicesbased onreasonedargumentverify value ofevidence

recognizesubjectivityQuestion Cues assess, decide,rank, grade, test,measure,recommend,

convince, select, judge, explain,discriminate,support,conclude,compare,summarize


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Eric Frangeheim Workshop What have we learnt ? How are we applyingthese strategies and techniques ?


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Processing Information : Thinking Taxonomies ,Mind maps, Graphic Organisers ...

Structure tasks and questions to identify and develop deepeninglevels of understanding. Blooms/ Andersons / SoloGraphic organisers to help students sift and sort thinking to arrive

at considered opinions.


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How does the mediashape our view of theworld and ourselves ?

Do the attributes of a heroremain the same over time ?

How do various culturesreward or recognize theirheroes and sheroes ?

Why is it important forpeople and cultures toconstruct stories abouttheir experiences ?

What is the role of a heroor shero in a culture ?

In a culture where we are bombarded

with messages about how we should be how do we make decisions for ourselves ?


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Health & Physical EducationUnderstand that our attitudes and behaviourcan have positive or negative outcomes onother peoples wellbeing.

Social ScienceUnderstand that individuals can have apositive or negative impact on theirimmediate and wider society.

Essential Question: ?


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What makes a hero? Why do weneed them, assuming we do?How do we choose them? Is

yesterday's hero still a herotoday? Can you stop being ahero ? How important AREheroes in this cynical world? Dothey even exist today?

Id if h k


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Identify the known -Famous, Celebrities etc

Recall, & explain their stories .Identify common qualities & characteristics

Apply understandings to other people.Examine their qualities, their stories .

Analyse and make conclusions. Justify

Transfer learning into knowledge of themselves and their community members HOW do we structure activities and scaffold

thinking to achieve THIS ?


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What is the differencebetween a role model

and a hero?

How do we chooseour role models?


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What is ahero ?

Video Rick Hoyt Iron man

George Latham -Story


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Paris Video


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Role Model Qualities

CatherineMiddleton

Polite

Glamorous

Confident

Irene Van Dyck

Reliable

Healthy

Talented

Miley Cyrus

Talented

Beautiful

Confident


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How do wedetermine what

qualities are worthadmiring ?

How do we choose ourrole models or heroes?

Story Activity


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Nelson Mandela Adolf Hitler


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Research with selected readings , then.....


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Compare Two LeadersNELSON

Believes peopleare the same.

Believes allpeople should

have equal rights.

Believes noculture is betterthan others.

Has University

Education

Determined.Overcomes own

problems.Makes personal

sacrifices for their

cause.Passionate about their

beliefs.Resilient.

Courageous.Forceful.

A strong leader.Loves their country.

Able to express theiropinions clearly.

ADOLFBelieves people are

different.

Believes somepeople shouldhave less rights

than others. Believes some

cultures are betterthan others.

Has TechnicalEducation

Research with selected readings , then.....


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What personalqualities do they have?

What have they doneto be famous?

What difference havethey made to the

world ?

MotherTeresa

Personal DetailsBorn:Country:


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Reliable

Integrity Being a Role

Model

Admired by others

Make good

friends

Popular

Leader

Sensible

Determined


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What is thedifference between

my behaviour and arole model or hero?

How do we modifyour own behaviour?

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