“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes” Marcel Proust. |
What is thinking? What the term refers to is the human capacity to think in conscious ways to achieve certain purposes. Use of the mind to form thoughts, to reason, to reflect.
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Thinking does not occur spontaneously but must be evoked by problems and questions or by some perplexity; confusion or doubt …
John Dewey |
Howard Gardner points out in his blueprint for education, Five Minds for the Future (2006), learning in the 21st century requires a mind that is "disciplined, creating, synthesizing, ethical and respectful" |
Slide overview of thinking skill process. 5/28/2013 version
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Creative thinking |
Critical thinking |
Reflection |
Questions |
System thinking |
We as educators, need to infuse thinking skills into this learning process. We like to say that Thinking Skills are one of the tools of engineers. It is important to model for our students the use of thinking skills and provide feedback to them on their use. Creative and critical thinking are key to the finding design challenges and doing a design. Questioning is needed through-out the process as well as developing our curiosity. Meta-cognitive reflection bring in the ability to see what we are doing and change where necessary and using Blooms higher order taxonomy will bring about additional thinking skills. |
The students needs to be able to:
•Articulate
the skill
•Be-able
to use it in the right situation
•Be-able
to use different skills together
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