Workshop Support (New Content has been added)
This session will focus on the challenges related to critical thinking
and historical thinking that are evident within the inquiry process. The
session will focus on approaches and strategies related to the following
skills: Interpret and Analyse, Evaluate and Draw conclusions.
Learning Goals - Use the RAN organizer and note your learning goal or initial question.
Minds On
Inquiry and Critical Thinking Skills:
Inquiry A Classroom Model for Today's World, Gr. 6 & 7
Inquiry A Classroom Model for Todays World, Gr. 6 & 7 from LNS - 2 on Vimeo.
Guiding Question: What are links between the inquiry process and the development of critical thinking? In what way to authentic activities relate to your program goals?
Action
A) Activity:
1) Explore the inquiry process, note the areas that you are confidant with and the areas that require more growth.
2) What patterns and trends to notice with the results?
3) Use the RAN Organizer, note what you already know about the links between inquiry and critical thinking.
Resource - What do the different aspects of inquiry look like?
Deliberate/Visible teaching Assessment Supports - Inquiry ProcessClick here to see the Chart describing each aspect of inquiry
Inquiry Process and the role of the teacher.
Inquiry-based Learning from LearnTeachLead on Vimeo.
Guiding Question: How can the inquiry process impact student learning? Consider how this process impacts the role teacher and the student.
B) Activity:
identify the Qualities of each of the aspects of inquiry, the Success Criteria for student achievement, and the Role of the Teacher/Student in attaining this aspect of inquiry.
Additional Video (Draft Stage produced by OESSTA) :
Developing Questions and Critical Thinking
Guiding Questions: What critical thinking skills are included in the development of inquiry questions? How important is success criteria?
C) Activity: Critical Thinking through the use of Disciplinary Thinking:
Guiding Questions:
How do you address historical thinking in your class? How does Historical Thinking relate to critical thinking?
Use the Peck Significant events in Canadian history cards. Identify the most significant events in Canadian history. As a group determine other aspects of disciplinary thinking that could be related to the events.
This video explores disciplinary thinking and the importance of critical thinking within SSHG inquiries. Support ideas for struggling students are also explored.
Guiding Question: What aspects of disciplinary thinking are you integrating in your classroom?
D) Activity: Addressing: Interpret, Analyze, Evaluate and Draw Conclusions in your regular teaching
Consider how we can teach students to support their interpretations with evidence
Use the Modified Blooms Taxonomy and relate it to the content identified in the Cards of significant events. In what ways can we infuse higher order thinking in our tasks. Revisit task B and identify more practices that teachers can employ.
Refer to the RAN organizer, and identify and connections you have made or changes in your thinking.
E) What role does criteria play in critical thinking? (From CT2)
Click here to access the video.
What criteria is relevant to the investigations your students are doing?
Watch the following video to explore bias.
How do you address historical thinking in your class? How does Historical Thinking relate to critical thinking?
Use the Peck Significant events in Canadian history cards. Identify the most significant events in Canadian history. As a group determine other aspects of disciplinary thinking that could be related to the events.
This video explores disciplinary thinking and the importance of critical thinking within SSHG inquiries. Support ideas for struggling students are also explored.
Guiding Question: What aspects of disciplinary thinking are you integrating in your classroom?
D) Activity: Addressing: Interpret, Analyze, Evaluate and Draw Conclusions in your regular teaching
Consider how we can teach students to support their interpretations with evidence
Use the Modified Blooms Taxonomy and relate it to the content identified in the Cards of significant events. In what ways can we infuse higher order thinking in our tasks. Revisit task B and identify more practices that teachers can employ.
Refer to the RAN organizer, and identify and connections you have made or changes in your thinking.
E) What role does criteria play in critical thinking? (From CT2)
Click here to access the video.
What criteria is relevant to the investigations your students are doing?
Watch the following video to explore bias.
Click here to access the video
How does understanding bias assist students in their inquiries?
Developing a Thinking Classroom
Resources:
7 Graphic Organizers for
Critical Thinking
Students need the opportunity
to practice critical thinking skills to improve their abilities. Graphic
organizers like those included in the site are tools that lead to critical
thinking. Rather than filling in worksheets, students can use the same
information and make decisionsInquiry IQ - An essential resource for intermediate and senior teachers
The Big Six- a key resource for the development of historical thinking in your classroom.
Inquiring Minds - Jeffrey Wilhelm (Grades 6-12)
Critical Thinking Consortium
- See resources for Historical Thinking and Critical Thinking, Consider
Investigating Sources Resource (promotes inferencing skills)
Introduction to critical thinking
Creating Critical Challenges
What types of questions and tasks invite critical thinking? In this session, we will review the six types of critical challenges and how to identify them. We will then practise tweaking existing questions and tasks into critical challenges using the six prompts. Examples will span grade levels and a variety of curricular areas.
Tips for Teachers-Setting up critical thinking task
This online collection contains explicit lessons to help students acquire the criteria, concepts, strategies and habits of mind to think critically about a variety of tasks.
Historical Thinking Project - Obtain supports relating to the infusion of historical thinking in history classrooms
Consolidation:Introduction to critical thinking
Creating Critical Challenges
What types of questions and tasks invite critical thinking? In this session, we will review the six types of critical challenges and how to identify them. We will then practise tweaking existing questions and tasks into critical challenges using the six prompts. Examples will span grade levels and a variety of curricular areas.
Tips for Teachers-Setting up critical thinking task
This online collection contains explicit lessons to help students acquire the criteria, concepts, strategies and habits of mind to think critically about a variety of tasks.
Historical Thinking Project - Obtain supports relating to the infusion of historical thinking in history classrooms
Identify one change that you can make in your classroom to infuse more critical thinking and disciplinary thinking.
No comments:
Post a Comment