Teaching critical and creative thinking - RUFORUM：教学批判性和创造性思维ruforum.pptVIP

Teaching critical and creative thinking Experiences from the VVOB-KTTC Learning Resource Centre Presented by Anouk Janssens-Bevernage, VVOB project coordinator Our concerns are very similar… Lack of skills to think critically Lack of logical argumentation Problems with identifying bias Lack of skills to undertake a proper problem analysis, etc. ? These skills are part of what we call new literacies Knowledge economies: research skills are needed across professions Teachers have the responsibility to teach new literacies to their students but lack these skills themselves (note that most teachers are university graduates) Trying to fill the gap requires critical and creative thinking from the training programme designers as well! How do we get the teachers and teachers-to-be to think critically and creatively? By mainstreaming it in everything we do Two examples: ICT integration training programme Educational management programme ICT integration training programme ICT skills? Well… The bulk of the programme is about: Designing problems-based learning units Strategically searching the Internet Critically analysing information Deriving meaning from this information to solve real-life problems Communicating the findings, etc.etc. Meaningful ICT integration in the classroom requires critical and creative thinking 21st Century literacies have moved centre stage on our programme Linking these literacies to ICT training has reduced resistance to change Educational management programme Offered through mixed-mode delivery Quality learning materials are essential! If quality education needs to include critical and creative thinking, what do quality learning materials look like? These learning materials look very different compared to the traditional textbooks… Current textbooks and even study guides are mere traditional lectures on paper This is what they should be: Tutorial in print (when there is a body of knowledge to be mastered) Reflective action guides (