Today we had the honour of Georgie Hamilton presenting to us today and we cannot forget Amie too.
I found this day really interesting as Critical Thinking is one of the most important aspects for kids to comprehend and analyse a text and make their own opinions based of what they're reading.
Both our facilitators spoke in depth about making sure we think more deeply about the text. For this to happen, we need to plan and think about ways we can get our learners thinking deeper about a text. There was one thing that came to my mind about how we can nail this for our students, ” lots and lots of different provocations for our extended discussions, and making sure my learners have deep conversations about the text.
This is an example of how we can encourage our children to think critically during their follow-up activities. This activity was designed specifically for our learners to engage with in their follow-up tasks, promoting deeper critical thinking about the text
This is another activity that involves critical thinking and I would like to try with my learners, seeing what their interpretations would be using this tool, so watch this space.
I enjoyed this session, we were able to have discussions about how to get our learners to critically think with the teacher and during their follow up.
Thank you to all the people involved in making these courses for us to continue building us as teachers so that we can implement more content and so that all our activities are engaging for our learners.
Kia ora Miss Tipene! Lovely to see you taking part in the RPI. Provocations - yes you are so right. We pose a few yet our learners can do with more. I love how you've highlighted how we as teachers need to take time to think through provocations and the act of thinking when planning and preparing for our learners. I know it's not always easy to start with, but if we stick with it it does get easier to provide these thinking guides and challenges. Love your sharing e hoa (and your profile pic ;)
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