Spi team building

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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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