Hi Adrian,
This must work beautifully in a drama or English literature class!
Carol Myslinski
Hello,
I use active reading activities. Students then share their questions, comments, connections, and highlights with the class. This often prompts small discussions.
Carol Myslinski
I constantly "tweek" recipes as I talk and demo them to the class. This allows them to see my critical thinking logic. Then when they receive a new recipe I oversee them put together their thoughts aka critical thinking about what they are going to change in the recipe to make it more successful.
That is an interesting thought. Why the dichotomy? less and less interest in textbooks yet they are getting more and more expensive as they become more and more expendable in theknowledge arena. In my area of expertise, culinary, the pictures are much more important than the text.
I asked the student in separate in small group, and asked them to discuss briefly what is the objectives for today lesson and give them few minutes of discussion and then share tot he group in short presentation. This way everyone is involve on participation in the class and get used to to team work learning or group learning.
Hi Servet,
Students are really more engaged whenever thinking is required for an activity.
Patricia Scales
Hi Rachel,
I get this visual jut from your response. It certainly has to be thought put into designing those beautiful wedding cakes.
Patricia Scales
Hi John,
Textbooks are thought to be borain to students, and a lot of students look at textbooks as intimidating. When we can make complicated material simple and applicable to the real world students will retain it more.
Patricia Scales
Remember learning is never passive process!!!!Students often engage in critical, Analytical thinking and they are involde
Teaching pastry students people may think that there is no form of critical thinking. When it comes to designing of a wedding cake, chocolate sculpture or sugar sculpture the students need to sit down and design their pieces and cannot just put the pieces together without thinking about the design in a clear consise manner.
Yes and the students remember them sometimes more than the data in the textbooks!
Hi Jeanne,
Case studies/scenarios certainly give our students a taste of the real world.
Patricia Scales
Hi Sarah,
Students love hands-on learning! It lets you know if students really can apply theory.
Patricia Scales
Hi Sarah,
Geat way of learning utilizing case studies. I like how you group your students to come to conclusions. I also like the sharing period as well.
Patricia Scales
Hi John,
Case studies make learning real. I like how you include your personal experience as well. Students tend to enjoy case studies and effective learning takes place utilizing case studies.
Patricia Scales
I give my students case studies/scenarios to apply critical thinking and action. In the medical field, you are faced with many different situations in which you will need to know how to react in a professional and effective manner.
Cory - I have noticed that lab time is always greeted with enthusiasm. It really provides a hand on aspect to the materials being covered.
Sarah
I am big on using case scenarios in my classes. I tend to tell them a story that actually happened to me while in the field and develop a case study off that. Then I break the students into groups and assign them roles within those groups. They are to examine the scenario at hand and determine the best way to handle it. Then we re-group as a class and each team presents their conclusion. We have a discussion within the class, and then I tell them how I handled it. Then I proceed to let them critique how I handled the situation and how they think my actions impacted the result.
Sarah
Critical thinking is crucial for a chef and to this end I use a lot of case studies for catering and buffet class to help students create strategies for forecasting events and planning the preparation to do lists that are very necessary in the catering biz. Then I use my own experience to go over their "planing lists" giving my input from past events I have been successful with and others that ended up costing me money.
Hi Trinidad,
I like how you want your students to be just as good as you are! Repetitious is a great method to utilize to promote perfection.
Patricia Scales
