How to Teach Critical Thinking General Capability - Secondary
Cool+SecondaryYear 7 - 10EnglishScience
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Course Summary
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.
How to avoid it
14.
How to avoid it
15.
Anecdotal evidence
16.
Other examples
17.
How to avoid it
18.
Hasty generalisations
19.
Other examples
20.
How to avoid it
21.
Cherry picking
22.
Other examples
23.
Burden of proof
24.
How to avoid it
25.
Reflection
26.
Other fallacies
27.
Remember...
28.
How to avoid it
Critical Thinking Tools
29.
How do you know what's true?
30.
How do you know what's true? continued...
31.
Predatory journals
32.
Case study: learning styles
33.
Well...
34.
What can we do about this as critical thinkers?
35.
Other examples
Your Teaching
36.
How to model critical thinking for your students
37.
Questions to encourage critical thinking
38.
Cool lessons
39.
Would you rather...?
40.
Continuum (Secondary)
41.
Cool lesson plans
Reflection
42.
Reflection
43.
Taxonomy of learning
44.
Suggestions for collaboration
45.
Congratulations
Course Writers
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.