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Teaching Critical Thinking Skills Through Project Based Learning

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DRIVING QUESTION: Does Project Based Learning Teach Critical Thinking?

 

 

 

Read more to find out...:

http://p21.org/tools-and-resources/p21blog/1097-teaching-critical-thinking-skills-through-project-based-learning

 


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How to Develop 5 Critical Thinking Types - Forbes

How to Develop 5 Critical Thinking Types - Forbes | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it

Great leaders think strategically. They can understand and appreciate the current state as well as see possibilities.

 

- Critical thinking is the mental process of objectively analyzing a situation by gathering information from all possible sources, and then evaluating both the tangible and intangible aspects, as well as the implications of any course of action.

 
- Implementation thinking is the ability to organize ideas and plans in a way that they will be effectively carried out.


- Conceptual thinking consists of the ability to find connections or patterns between abstract ideas and then piece them together to form a complete picture.


- Innovative thinking involves generating new ideas or new ways of approaching things to create possibilities and opportunities. 


- Intuitive thinking is the ability to take what you may sense or perceive to be true and, without knowledge or evidence, appropriately factor it in to the final decision.

 

Read more, a MUST:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/work-in-progress/2012/03/27/how-to-develop-5-critical-thinking-types/

 


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Gust MEES's comment, August 9, 2012 6:50 PM
Hi rosemary,

I made a Typo, sorry. I forgot the "a" in "Red more", please add it, thx in advance.

greetings,
Gust
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Tech Transformation: Knowledge -v- Wisdom

Tech Transformation: Knowledge -v- Wisdom | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it

After a typical day on planet Earth ... the Earth will be a little hotter, its waters more acidic, and the fabric of life more threadbare. The truth is that many things on which your future health and prosperity depends are in dire jeopardy: climate stability, the resilience and productivity of natural systems, the beauty of the natural world, and biological diversity.

 

It is worth noting that this is not the work of ignorant people. It is rather, largely, the result of work by

===> people with BAs, BSs, LLBs, MBAs and PhDs. <===

 

Gust MEES: looks like there is a real need of "CRITICAL THINKING" in Education!!!

 

Read more:

http://www.maggiehosmcgrane.com/2012/09/knowledge-v-wisdom.html

 


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Isabel Mendinhos's comment, September 4, 2012 2:28 PM
Muito interessante. Obrigada, Adelina.