That Thinking Thing
Location
CBC 155
Start Date
18-5-2018 11:45 AM
End Date
18-5-2018 12:45 PM
Presentation Type / Tipo de propuesta
Guest Speaker
Description / Descripción
Critical thinking, creative thinking, higher level thinking, deep thinking, thinking skills, thinking tools, analysis, evaluation, synthesis, inferencing, generalizing, predicting, comparing, contrasting, relating, classifying, grouping, sorting…What does it all mean? How are teachers meant to practically address all of this with their learners? How are learners meant to take control over their own thinking?
Many of our schools are now valuing the importance of teaching their students how to think, consequently, teachers are now, more readily attempting to infuse thinking into the design of learning opportunities with their kids. But how are teachers doing this? To what level of depth and breadth do teachers truly understand thinking; the difference between critical and creative thinking and the relationship between the two; the seamless infusion of thinking skills into their instructional design; and the strategic selection of the most effective tools to legitimately advance thinking and therefore learning? Just as critically, how well do students understand their thinking and what is their level of cognitive responsibility?
In this session Lane will explore critical and creative thinking and what it means to become a skillful thinker and ultimately, deep thinker. She will demystify the infusion of thinking into classroom practice and will explore a practical approach to transitioning cognitive control from the realm of the teacher to that of the learner. Participants WILL leave this session with greater clarity when it comes to…’that thinking thing’!
That Thinking Thing
CBC 155
Critical thinking, creative thinking, higher level thinking, deep thinking, thinking skills, thinking tools, analysis, evaluation, synthesis, inferencing, generalizing, predicting, comparing, contrasting, relating, classifying, grouping, sorting…What does it all mean? How are teachers meant to practically address all of this with their learners? How are learners meant to take control over their own thinking?
Many of our schools are now valuing the importance of teaching their students how to think, consequently, teachers are now, more readily attempting to infuse thinking into the design of learning opportunities with their kids. But how are teachers doing this? To what level of depth and breadth do teachers truly understand thinking; the difference between critical and creative thinking and the relationship between the two; the seamless infusion of thinking skills into their instructional design; and the strategic selection of the most effective tools to legitimately advance thinking and therefore learning? Just as critically, how well do students understand their thinking and what is their level of cognitive responsibility?
In this session Lane will explore critical and creative thinking and what it means to become a skillful thinker and ultimately, deep thinker. She will demystify the infusion of thinking into classroom practice and will explore a practical approach to transitioning cognitive control from the realm of the teacher to that of the learner. Participants WILL leave this session with greater clarity when it comes to…’that thinking thing’!