Title / Titulo
Roundtable, Moderated by Paula Moujalli
Location
RDB 1100
Start Date
17-5-2018 11:45 AM
End Date
17-5-2018 12:45 PM
Presentation Type / Tipo de propuesta
Roundtable Discussion / Mesa redonda
Description / Descripción
Ana Cecilia Olivieri How can we make better use of brain-power and thinking skills to optimize our human experience and expression? How do we develop mindfulness and thinking dispositions to learn? How do we develop mindfulness and thinking dispositions to learn?
The following thesis will give support to the importance of using critical thinking in the classroom and to foster tolerance towards minorities or other groups. Teachers and institutions can make a huge difference regarding the openess and awareness about diversity the students will achieve in the near future. A good way to achieve this goal is to work with thinking routines (Project Zero) to improve performance and understanding.
I will also state the consequences of having a limited perspective instead of a universal one. That way, students would make better use of brain-power to analyze and connect ideas while considering other points of view.
Harvey Newman Be Prepared to Think - The Elonera Project
“Be Prepared to Think” is a school-based research initiative introduced as a 3-year thinking skills pilot study due for completion in 2018. A strong focus of the engagement of empathy as a dispositional process to establish greater depth of meaning in this study relates specifically to the following Themes:
(How do we develop mindfulness and thinking dispositions to learn? How can we better make use of brainpower and thinking skills to optimize our human experience and expression?) and
(How do we prepare individuals and societies to enhance diversity and develop acceptance and empathy? How do we develop mindsets and skills to promote interdependent dialogue and practices for respectful coexistence?)
A unique feature of this study is the way that it uses a set of empathy strategies to develop “general” thinking skills across the curriculum and all grades.
Susan Crooks and Walter Crooks The Perfect Pairing: Mindfulness and Critical Thinking
Critical thinking is the process of thinking about our thinking in a systematic and logical way with intent to improve it. But how do we become critically aware of our thinking, and how do we teach our students/staff to get into that space? During this workshop, we will first take you through simple exercises for mindfulness - the nonjudgmental observation of our thinking. This openness and awareness of our thoughts, maintained while refraining from judgement, is the first step towards effective metacognition. We will practice applying the Paul-Elder Critical Thinking Model and the mindfulness practice known as open-monitoring meditation. Through these activities, participants will discover how pairing the practice of critical thinking and mindfulness creates the synergy for critical, creative, and fairminded thinking. Additionally, we will present the most recent neuroscientific studies on mindfulness and critical, creative thinking.
Roundtable, Moderated by Paula Moujalli
RDB 1100
Ana Cecilia Olivieri How can we make better use of brain-power and thinking skills to optimize our human experience and expression? How do we develop mindfulness and thinking dispositions to learn? How do we develop mindfulness and thinking dispositions to learn?
The following thesis will give support to the importance of using critical thinking in the classroom and to foster tolerance towards minorities or other groups. Teachers and institutions can make a huge difference regarding the openess and awareness about diversity the students will achieve in the near future. A good way to achieve this goal is to work with thinking routines (Project Zero) to improve performance and understanding.
I will also state the consequences of having a limited perspective instead of a universal one. That way, students would make better use of brain-power to analyze and connect ideas while considering other points of view.
Harvey Newman Be Prepared to Think - The Elonera Project
“Be Prepared to Think” is a school-based research initiative introduced as a 3-year thinking skills pilot study due for completion in 2018. A strong focus of the engagement of empathy as a dispositional process to establish greater depth of meaning in this study relates specifically to the following Themes:
(How do we develop mindfulness and thinking dispositions to learn? How can we better make use of brainpower and thinking skills to optimize our human experience and expression?) and
(How do we prepare individuals and societies to enhance diversity and develop acceptance and empathy? How do we develop mindsets and skills to promote interdependent dialogue and practices for respectful coexistence?)
A unique feature of this study is the way that it uses a set of empathy strategies to develop “general” thinking skills across the curriculum and all grades.
Susan Crooks and Walter Crooks The Perfect Pairing: Mindfulness and Critical Thinking
Critical thinking is the process of thinking about our thinking in a systematic and logical way with intent to improve it. But how do we become critically aware of our thinking, and how do we teach our students/staff to get into that space? During this workshop, we will first take you through simple exercises for mindfulness - the nonjudgmental observation of our thinking. This openness and awareness of our thoughts, maintained while refraining from judgement, is the first step towards effective metacognition. We will practice applying the Paul-Elder Critical Thinking Model and the mindfulness practice known as open-monitoring meditation. Through these activities, participants will discover how pairing the practice of critical thinking and mindfulness creates the synergy for critical, creative, and fairminded thinking. Additionally, we will present the most recent neuroscientific studies on mindfulness and critical, creative thinking.