How to Teach Critical Thinking General Capability - Primary

Course summary

This video will give you a brief introduction to the course and the benefits of learning more about critical thinking.

https://vimeo.com/576588889/6e8d635203

You will learn:

This course will will help you to view the world with a more critical eye by introspectively exploring your own biases of thinking. You’ll learn:

• How to become a critical thinker
• How to separate fact from fiction
• How to inspire others to think critically

Course time:

This course will take you 2 hours to complete. Enjoy it in one session or spread it out over a few weeks. You will have ongoing access via your personal dashboard.

Accreditation:

This course is mapped to the Professional Standards for Teachers. It is accredited for teacher professional development hours in the following states and territories:

Proficient Teacher – all states and territories except NSW and ACT:

3.3 Select and use relevant teaching strategies to develop knowledge, skills, problem solving and critical and creative thinking.

4.1 Establish and implement inclusive and positive interactions to engage and support all students in classroom activities.

This course is not currently accredited in the ACT (TQI) or NSW (NESA). However, it can be counted towards teacher identified learning hours (ACT) or NESA PD elective hours (NSW).

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Course Content

Getting Started

01.

Introduction

02.

Set some learning goals

The Importance of Critical Thinking

03.

Why think critically?

04.

The importance of critical thinking

05.

Non critical thinkers

06.

How to teach critical thinking

07.

Challenging our own beliefs

08.

Incongruence

09.

Reflection

Logical Fallacies

10.

What is a logical fallacy?

11.

Confirmation bias

12.

Correlation vs. causation

13.

Other examples

14.

How to avoid it

15.

Anecdotal evidence

16.

How to avoid it

17.

Hasty generalisation

18.

Other examples

19.

How to avoid it

20.

Cherry picking

21.

Other examples

22.

How to avoid it

23.

Burden of proof

24.

How to avoid it

25.

What we've learned

26.

Test your understanding

27.

Other fallacies

28.

Reflection

29.

Remember...

Critical Thinking Tools

30.

How do you know what's true?

31.

Predatory journals

32.

Case study: learning styles

33.

What can we do about this as critical thinkers?

34.

Other examples

Your Teaching

35.

How to model critical thinking for your students

36.

Questions to encourage critical thinking

37.

Five quick activities

38.

There's a dragon in my garage

39.

Would you rather

40.

Cool lesson plans

Reflection

41.

Taxonomy of learning

42.

Suggestions for collaboration

43.

Congratulations

Course instructors

Adam van Langenberg was a mathematics and English teacher for over 12 years, achieved international acclaim for his work in providing critical thinking education to high school students, and was the recipient of the Australian Skeptics Thornett Award for the Promotion of Reason in 2012. Adam is a comic book/board game/woodworking nerd who loves nothing more than to curl up on the couch and watch The Great British Bake Off.

Jarryd Bendall from Cool Australia is your course teacher. He comes from a long line of teachers, which is why he initially avoided this calling. After a myriad of roles in law, medicine, used car sales, and as the mascot for the Western Bulldogs AFL team, Jarryd eventually taught primary school for a number of years, before combining his love for writing and education at an Education Specialist role with Cool. This role sees him as a bridge between knowledgeable industry experts and classroom teachers, bringing excellence into the classroom and challenging the average curriculum with innovative and effective ideas.

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