Critical and Creative Thinking Tools for Primary Classrooms
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Course Summary
Course Content
Getting Started
01.
Introduction
02.
Set some learning goals
Thinking in the Curriculum
03.
Why focus on thinking?
04.
Critical and creative thinking
05.
Moving beyond organising thinking
Thinking Tools
06.
Introduction to 3 thinking tools
07.
Tool 1 - See, Think, Wonder
08.
See, Think, Wonder - practical example
09.
Tool 2 - Compass Points
10.
Compass Points - practical example
11.
Tool 3 - What Makes You Say That?
12.
What Makes You Say That? - practical example
13.
Other thinking tools
14.
Reflection
Your Teaching
15.
Teaching tips
16.
Cool lesson plans
Reflection
17.
Reflection
18.
Taxonomy of learning
19.
Suggestions for collaboration
20.
Congratulations
Course Writers
Krista Nisi is the Head Writer at Cool Australia and brings over 15 years of experiencing working in education, tertiary and local government. She holds a Masters in Environment (Environmental Education) from the University of Melbourne. Krista looks for innovative ways to involve young people in early learning and school education by helping them explore, think about and engage with the world around them.