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Strategies for building Critical Thinking Skills in the classroom
Rhayan Ramos De CastroEd-Tech Specialist
Center for Integration in Technology and Education
OPENING PROGRAM
Reflections
What is your theme song?
WHO AM I?
WHO AM I?
CITE FAMILY
• Seminar • Objective
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•Details on Critical Thinking•How to teach Critical Thinking in major subjects•Classroom activities that promote collaborative critical thinking•Teachers’ Assessment on Critical Thinking
ACTIVITY #1
CIRCLE-TO-CIRCLE
• Inner circle remains stationary.• Members in the outer circle move to the right
one person at a time for each phase of the activity until they rejoin their original partners.
• The participants are told to follow the facilitator’s instructions as to greeting each new person encountered.
CIRCLE-TO-CIRCLE
• “Take your partner’s hands make eye contact communicate something non-verbally and then say good-bye nonverbally.”
• “Right now I feel ________________”• “What I want you to know right now is ____”• “One of the things I like best about myself is_”• “What I like best about being a teacher is
________”
CIRCLE-TO-CIRCLE
• “What I don’t like about being a teacher ____”• “Those in the inner circle: turn around.”• “Those in the outer circle: give your partner a
nice back massage on a count of five.”• Those in the inner circle: turn to face your
partner after you’ve received your massages.
CIRCLE-TO-CIRCLE
• “Outer circle people turn around and reverse the massage process you just completed.”
• “When I look at you, I see ________.” • “What I want to say right now is _____”• “I believe in _____.”• “My most favorite student so far is ______.”• “My friends __________.”
CIRCLE-TO-CIRCLE
• “This activity ____________.”• “Women are ____________.”• “Men are _____________.”• “I am happiest when______”
CIRCLE-TO-CIRCLE
• “The thing that excites me the most is ____.”• “When I am alone , I usually______.”• “My weakest point is ________.”• “I love _______.”• “I dislike _________.”• “I am afraid of_________.”
CIRCLE-TO-CIRCLE
CITE + ICA = 1 teamHow it will be possible?
Academic Year 2014-2015
Are you ready?
student parents
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Are you ready?
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My Teacher
Video
How to teach Critical Thinking
• Critical Thinking skills are skills that children (and adults) need to learn to be able to solve problems.
Core of Critical Thinking
• The students will be able to be responsive to information and not just accepting it.
Important part of C.T.
QUESTION
Few ways to teach Critical Thinking
Observe and Draw Conclusions
Few ways to teach Critical Thinking
Compare and Contrast
Few ways to teach Critical Thinking
Discuss and analyze
Few ways to teach Critical Thinking
Learn Cooperatively
Few ways to teach Critical Thinking
Provide stories without conclusion
Few ways to teach Critical Thinking
Practice the Socratic Method
Critical Thinking in English
Critical Thinking in Science
Critical Thinking in Math
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