Ian Lande

Ian Lande CHEP

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I found the info and ideas in this course to be very useful particularly as a teacher of a course in Critical Thinking. By reading through the material in the course, I was reminded of or inspired to many ideas that I can take in the classroom. I enjoyed this course!

Ian Lande CHEP

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Problem Solving

It does seem like going through all the steps in this process are time consuming. However, they seem worthwhile as doing the actual steps will help students to develop and indeed, recognize when they are are using problem solving skills.

Ian Lande CHEP

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Mutliple Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence etc.

This section of the course was very valuable to me. It reminded me of many concepts and ideas that I will actually use in my own Critical Thinking class.

Ian Lande CHEP

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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.

Ian Lande CHEP

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Time and Critical Thinking

It does seem that time is important to critical thinking. And lack of time is why many of us do not engage in critical thinking. This is even more true when information is so readily available on the internet. Ironically, it shows why critical thinking is just that important. Sure there is info on the internet but we really need to know what info is useful, usable, valid and credible. Which of course requires critical thinking. So things come full circle. Socrates is smiling somewhere.

Ian Lande CHEP

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ED 117

I just completed the course on Generation Y ED 117. I found it very interesting and informative. I am quite fascinated with the generational differences in people. After many years of teaching high school age students I have found that school sems to be suffering from grouping people together by age. Thus people at young ages don't develop the skills and understanding to work with people of all different ages, which is a needed skill in the workplace.

Ian Lande CHEP

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The Right Answer

It does seem that to many people, the internet offers all the right answers. As a student once said in regard to responding to a thought provoking question, "That's why God invented google." Hhm ...

Ian Lande CHEP

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Using Digital Tech in Education

I have one thing to add as a discussion topic. Currently I ask students to complete an on-line assessment test in a required forum. I have been amazed at how many students have to email with some very basic questions. I have had to re-give out the course ID because students do not copy it down correctly in class or from the emails send to them. Or there are registration issues. Or even after being explained how to register and then take the quizzes step by step in class, students do not find the right quizzes, do not take the… >>>

Ian Lande CHEP

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Generation X as teacher

I am from Generation X and am now a teacher. Growing up I was the 'latch-key' kid, schooled in an 'open classroom' and many of the other educational styles of the 1970s. I have taught for the past 20 years and seen several generatons since me. It is interesting that the 'millennial' generation really does seem to be different in many ways. Here, I'll focus on expectations. The idea that everyone wins, everyone gets a trophy, everyone is 'great' and can do anything has really become part of their mind set. I don't know how many times in recent years… >>>

Ian Lande CHEP

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Teaching Compliance

I just wanted to comment on the idea that teaching students compliance with rules, requirements, regulations, format, etc. is more important than ever in the digital age. We see this in the courses that we are required to complete being on-line courses that we complete at our own pace in a setting of our preference. There are critical thinking skills be assessed in these on-line courses which becomes much more valuable and important to learning. I try to transfer these skills into what I teach my students in the classroom.