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Critical and Creative Thinking for active learning
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Ideas for teachers to question, motivate and grow a 'culture of inquiry'
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Maree Whiteley
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Need ideas for dealing with current issues in the primary classroom? This website illustrates how DeBono's Six Thinking Hats help students to think critically about a media report about Refugees. The website was created by Alicia Rankine, a preservice primary teacher at the University of Sydney. Via Catherine Smyth 
Maree Whiteley's comment,
October 30, 2012 10:03 PM
This is a fabulous way to engage kids in 'real world' issues. Thanks for sharing!
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Sir Ken Robinson, PhD, is one of the internationally recognized leaders in the development of education creativity and innovation. Here he explains what an arts curriculum should look. http://www.GoogleLitTrips.com ~
Via GoogleLitTrips Reading List
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Great leaders think strategically. They can understand and appreciate the current state as well as see possibilities.
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Have you ever thought about teaching art through the iPad ? Well you can do it now. There are several awesome apps that can help you teach your students about art and drawing. As you probably know art is a very important element of the 21st century literacy . It not only engages students and boost up their motivation, but it also promotes their divergent as well as convergent thinking skills. Via Kathleen Cercone
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Robin Good: Must-read article on ClutterMuseum.com by Leslie M-B, exploring in depth the opportunity to have students master their selected topics by "curating" them, rather than by reading and memorizing facts about them.
"Critical and creative thinking should be prioritized over remembering content"
"That students should learn to think for themselves may seem like a no-brainer to many readers, but if you look at the textbook packages put out by publishers, you’ll find that the texts and accompanying materials (for both teachers and students) assume students are expected to read and retain content—and then be tested on it.
Instead, between middle school (if not earlier) and college graduation, students should practice—if not master—how to question, critique, research, and construct an argument like an historian."
This is indeed the critical point. Moving education from an effort to memorize things on which then to be tested, to a collaborative exercise in creating new knowledge and value by pulling and editing together individual pieces of content, resources and tools that allow the explanation/illustration of a topic from a specific viewpoint/for a specific need.
And I can't avoid to rejoice and second her next proposition: "What if we shifted the standards’ primary emphasis from content, and not to just the development of traditional skills—basic knowledge recall, document interpretation, research, and essay-writing—but to the cultivation of skills that challenge students to make unconventional connections, skills that are essential for thriving in the 21st century?"
What are these skills, you may ask. Here is a good reference where to look them up: http://www.p21.org/storage/documents/P21_Framework_Definitions.pdf (put together by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills)
Recommended. Good stuff. 9/10
Full article: www.cluttermuseum.com/make-students-curators/
(Image credit: Behance.net)
Via Robin Good, João Greno Brogueira, catspyjamasnz, Catherine Smyth
Sample Student's curator insight,
May 5, 2015 10:14 PM
We often ask our students to create annotated bibliographies, and this focuses on their capacity to evaluate and make decisions about the validity, reliability and relevance of sources they have found. using Scoop.it, we can ask them to do much the same thing, but they will publish their ideas for an audience, and will also be able to provide and use peer feedback to enhance and tighten up their thinking. This is relevant to any curriculum area. Of course it is dependent on schools being able to access any social media, but rather than thinking about what is impossible, perhaps we could start thinking about what is possible and lobbying for change.
Sample Student's curator insight,
May 5, 2015 10:18 PM
We often ask our students to create annotated bibliographies, and this focuses on their capacity to evaluate and make decisions about the validity, reliability and relevance of sources they have found. Using Scoop.it, we can ask them to do much the same thing. But they will publish their ideas for an audience, and will also be able to provide and use peer feedback to enhance and tighten up their thinking. This is relevant to any age, and any curriculum area. Of course it is dependent on schools being able to access social media. But rather than thinking about what is impossible, perhaps we should start thinking about what is possible, and lobbying for change. Could you use a Scoop.it collection as an assessment task?
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The official page of poet Shel Silverstein, with interactive content for students, including animations paired with Silverstein’s poems. Lessons and guides available for teachers, librarians, and parents.
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A range of esson plans and ideas for teaching 'creativity' in and out of the classroom, weblinks to several learning areas and video clips
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For much of its history, the word "America" has stood for the brightest ideas, the most resourceful solutions and the most provocative insights. Is this still true today, and if not, what can we do? The film explores the importance of creativity in education by highlighting four schools in Oklahoma and assessing how the state's teachers are attempting to teach and promote creativity
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Critical thinking is an important skill in the 21st century learning. Education's overall goal is to produce students that will be able to think critically and not just take in things like a parrot. Of course there is a bunch of other important skills out there but this particular one stands out from the crowd. The thing about ttis skill is that while almost all teachers agree upon its priority in education only few really know what it really means
Charlie Meredith's comment,
July 24, 2013 4:43 PM
Really good you tube clip in here on critical thinking
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Critical thinking skills are what we want our students to develop. Without these skills we can not guarantee a sound and effective education that will enable our kids to seamlessly blend in tomorrow 's job market. Therefore, it is our responsibility as teachers and educators to fully understand the components of this set of skills in order to better focus on them in our instruction
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In a traditional classroom, the teacher is the center of attention, the owner of knowledge and information. Teachers often ask questions of their students to gauge comprehension, but it’s a passive model that relies on students to absorb information they need to reproduce on tests. What would happen if the roles were flipped and students asked the questions? Via Nik Peachey, Cristina Reyes
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Explore more than 300 annotated primary sources focused on children and youth throughout world history. Read the introductory essay to learn strategies for using these sources critically.
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Here's a little inspiration for any teacher. Watch five-year-olds pilot their own project-based learning. The Auburn Early Education Center immerses young children in self-directed projects.
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As many have noted before us, we’re in the midst of a technological revolution akin to Europe in the 15th century, when the printing press made the broad distribution of writing possible. Within the past few years, the technology for creating, distributing and mixing audio, video and text has become easy and inexpensive. During this brief period, Smarthistory.org has explored many free and inexpensive tools in conjunction with simple and effective pedagogical strategies based on conversation.
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The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), formed in the 18th century, is a network of people devoted to creative thinking for social progress. In this video, RSA Chief Executive Matthew Taylor explores what 21st century enlightenment means, and how it can help navigate today’s challenges differently than established modes of thought.
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Educator Kate Summers engages her students by asking them to "teach back" chemistry concepts to their peers via online demonstrations created with tech tools like Google Docs, Keynote, and PowerPoint. For more articles and videos about integrating technology in the classroom, visit our Tech2Learn resource page.
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Explore collections from around the world with thousands of artworks photographed in extremely high resolution. You can also create and share your own collections of masterpieces.
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