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Critical Thinking Defined

By: bsherry November 24, 2018August 9, 2021

brain, constructivism, learning, Thinkingcritical thinking, learning, socratic2 Comments

Critical thinking is something that we are striving for in ourselves as educators, and as a goal for our students, but it can be a complex concept to grasp. I am liking this definition from The Foundation For Critical Thinking because it’s one that could be used as is, or paraphrased, for students of a variety…

Trusting in Student Awesomeness

By: bsherry March 30, 2014

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For quite some time now I’ve been questioning our desire to have students who are critical thinkers. Do we really want that? What happens when these students that we’ve empowered to have wonderfully evaluative thinking skills decide that they need to make improvements to their learning environment? Will you stand beside them and support them? …

Critical Thinking and Elementary Media Literacy

By: bsherry November 19, 2010July 8, 2011

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In October I was taking part in OTF’s Critical Thinking Conference with teachers of all subject areas and grades who are new to the Critical Thinking Framework as defined by the Critical Thinking Consortium (TC2). Garfield Gini-Newman was the lead presenter, along with some other TC2 folk, and my colleague Peter Skillen and I are…