Critical Thinking as A Class
For post-secondary students, critical thinking as it's own class seems very valuable and needed.
I am currently teaching it for the first time. I am only a few weeks in so I am really just learning as I go.
The textbook that I have to use is not very good and definitely not very engaging so I (and the students) are muddling through.
But it is a skill that needs to be developed through modelling, etc.
I hope this wil be a good learning experience for me as well as my students.
Patricia,
Students really like these activities because they help make the content come alive and gives relevancy to what they are studying.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
Yes, putting them into groups and giving them scenarios about how this translates to the kitchen proves very beneficial to them--especially when they are going through their academics courses. It helps them to relate and get a better understanding of critical thinking within their industry and develop new ways to look at different situations.
David,
Well stated. You have described the ideal approach and the desired outcome. Keep up the great work.
Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
Hi Ian, I teach culinary school in post secondary format and find the more I can model their daily learning objectives with critical thinking excersises that relate to the professional kitchens in the industry the more successfully engaged my students seem to be towards developing their own critical thinking pathways.
Ian,
I have been teaching freshman Critical Thinking for awhile now. It was a fun learning experience to hone my skills the first several times I taught it. I still love learning from some of my students' perspectives as they and I work through biases that thwart their critical thought process.
Dr. S. David Vaillancourt
