TOPIC 2 CRITICAL THINKING
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Broaden knowledge about the importance of critical thinking.
- Learn activities and games aiming at shaping critical thinking.
- Learn how to engage students and motivate them to establish effective collaboration and develop problem solving skills as well as their self-esteem.
- Learn how to lead and deliver experiential activities to stimulate the students critical thinking skills.
- Get to know and practice ICT tools stimulating critical thinking.
- Exchange good practices and discuss challenges with fellow colleagues and the course trainers.
VIDEO
READING
PRACTICAL TASK
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PRACTICAL TASK 1 (optional)
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:
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What is critical thinking?
How critical thinking can be improved in language classes?
What is the major obstacle to critical thinking?
What is the difference between the visualization and interpretation?
What are the rules of storytelling?
What are the stages of Bloom’s Taxonomy?
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PRACTICAL TASK 2 (optional)
Create a story about one activity to develop critical thinking skills you have learned from the reading section in this course. Represent your story to the class.
CRITICAL THINKING TEST
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SUMMARY
Congratulations!
You successfully submitted Critical Thinking Topic.
Now you know what is Critical Thinking, can define different thinking styles, analyze the elements of Bloom’s Taxonomy and ask and answer Critical Thinking Questions.
You know the difference between visualization and interpretation and can create stories for your students to make lessons bright and creative.
All these will help you to be a good teacher and develop your students critical thinking skills.
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REFERENCES
- Browne m. and Keeley s. (2013). Asking the right questions, global edition. 1st ed. Bowling green university: Pearson
- Adesoji, f. (2018). Bloom taxonomy of educational objectives and the modification of cognitive levels. Advances in social sciences research journal, 5(5)
- Stanford university (2018). Critical thinking(Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy). [online] Plato.standford.edu. Available at: http://plato.Stanford.edu/entries/critical-thinking/ [accessed 28 feb. 2020].
- https://bizdiagram.com/critical-thinking-questions/
- https://bettermarketing.pub/a-quick-template-to-turn-your-business-idea-into-a-story-3f4daa263126
- https://youtu.be/RyqFD5OAJ40
- https://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/04-42-3-b.pdf
- https://jamboard.google.com/d/10OoXXabr0QMXme3TmjpkxQs6UnphqTgSC4tdl-iNPRE/
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