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How to Teach Critical Thinking General Capability - Secondary

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Course Summary

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Course Content

Getting Started

Getting Started

01.

Introduction

02.

Set some learning goals

The Importance of Critical Thinking

The Importance of Critical Thinking

03.

Why think critically?

04.

The importance of critical thinking

05.

Non-critical thinkers

06.

How to teach critical thinking

07.

Challenging our own beliefs

08.

Incongruence

09.

Reflection

Logical Fallacies

Logical Fallacies

10.

What is a logical fallacy?

11.

Confirmation bias

12.

Correlation vs. causation

13.

How to avoid it

14.

How to avoid it

15.

Anecdotal evidence

16.

Other examples

17.

How to avoid it

18.

Hasty generalisations

19.

Other examples

20.

How to avoid it

21.

Cherry picking

22.

Other examples

23.

Burden of proof

24.

How to avoid it

25.

Reflection

26.

Other fallacies

27.

Remember...

28.

How to avoid it

Critical Thinking Tools

Critical Thinking Tools

29.

How do you know what's true?

30.

How do you know what's true? continued...

31.

Predatory journals

32.

Case study: learning styles

33.

Well...

34.

What can we do about this as critical thinkers?

35.

Other examples

Your Teaching

Your Teaching

36.

How to model critical thinking for your students

37.

Questions to encourage critical thinking

38.

Cool lessons

39.

Would you rather...?

40.

Continuum (Secondary)

41.

Cool lesson plans

Reflection

Reflection

42.

Reflection

43.

Taxonomy of learning

44.

Suggestions for collaboration

45.

Congratulations

Course Writer

Instructor 1

Adam van Langenberg was a mathematics and English teacher for over 12 years, achieved international acclaim for his work in providing critical thinking education to high school students, and was the recipient of the Australian Skeptics Thornett Award for the Promotion of Reason in 2012. Adam is a comic book/board game/woodworking nerd who loves nothing more than to curl up on the couch and watch The Great British Bake Off.

Instructor 2

Jarryd Bendall from Cool Australia is your course teacher. He comes from a long line of teachers, which is why he initially avoided this calling. After a myriad of roles in law, medicine, used car sales, and as the mascot for the Western Bulldogs AFL team, Jarryd eventually taught primary school for a number of years, before combining his love for writing and education at an Education Specialist role with Cool. This role sees him as a bridge between knowledgeable industry experts and classroom teachers, bringing excellence into the classroom and challenging the average curriculum with innovative and effective ideas.

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