Teaching Critical Thinking Skills to Our Students
3 credits / 45 hours
Instructor Barry Kaufman
Course Description
The ability to think critically is more important now than it ever has been. Critical thinking skills impacts every area of a child’s academic experience Students who can “do” math, but don’t understand “why, lack critical thinking skills. Students who can put sentences together grammatically correct, but can’t respond to a writing inquiry meaningfully lack critical thinking skills. Critical thinking is a learnable skill that allows us to make logical and informed decisions to the best of our ability. This course takes a nuts and bolts approach to teaching critical thinking. It will give teaches a variety of suggestions for integrating critical thinking activities into their disciplinary courses with a focus on current events.
$285.00 – $580.00
Course Description
The ability to think critically is more important now than it ever has been. Critical thinking skills impacts every area of a child’s academic experience Students who can “do” math, but don’t understand “why, lack critical thinking skills. Students who can put sentences together grammatically correct, but can’t respond to a writing inquiry meaningfully lack critical thinking skills. Critical thinking is a learnable skill that allows us to make logical and informed decisions to the best of our ability. This course takes a nuts and bolts approach to teaching critical thinking. It will give teaches a variety of suggestions for integrating critical thinking activities into their disciplinary courses with a focus on current events.
Course Objectives
Students that enroll in this class will...
Know
- basic principles of critical thinking
- effective techniques for integrating critical thinking into the classroom
- effective techniques for improving critical thinking skills of your students
Understand
- why critical thinking is important in a student’s overall success
- 5.risk of students who lack critical thinking skills
and Be Able To
- identify “critical thinking opportunities ” and turn them into learning experiences
- use “critical thinking” as a tool for student’s overall learning experiences
