Especially in a subject that students think they hate Critical Thinking and Knowledge Thought and knowledge go together Thinking is the strategy to arrive at informed criticism Critical thinking has no conclusion ID: 1003503
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1. ENCOURAGING CRITICAL THINKINGEspecially in a subject that students think they hate.
2. Critical Thinking and KnowledgeThought and knowledge go togetherThinking is the strategy to arrive at informed criticismCritical thinking has no conclusionIt is constant interaction with changing circumstances and new knowledgeAs our students gain knowledge, and become more confident in their critical thinking skills, their ability to relate the knowledge to their own circumstances grows.
3. Encouraging Critical ThinkingEncourage students to look below the surface. Don’t believe everything we tell you. Question us!Be open-minded about the material. Remember the time period being discussed, and the reasons behind the event.Help them recognize their own assumptions and experiences. Remind them that those assumptions and experiences influence their views.
4. Encouraging Critical ThinkingBalance critical thinking and fact-based questions.Allow students time to think about the question before addressing it.Provide opportunities for students to clarify their thinking and/or their communication of their thinking.Find ways to make the material personal.
5. THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCEPart of the US History curriculum.The lecture portion includes its background, concerns of the Convention attendees, and the final product.Students have an opportunity to work in groups, and come up with a newer issue/concern that they would put in such a document.
6. Class ExerciseYou are citizens in the colony of California. Your colony, and many others under the rule of the American empire are ready to fight for independence. A document expressing your reasons is needed to help convince others that this is the right cause at the right time.What issue/concern/complaint would you add to that document? Identify the issue/concern/complaint and provide a brief explanation/rationale for its inclusion.
7. “The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.”Christopher Hitchens