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Developing Your Students' Repertoire of Problem-Solving Skills
Outcomes
This module will help you teach your students to:
use critical thinking to analyse ideas
identify the key features and characteristics of important concepts
create imaginative solutions and responses to problems
compare, contrast and sequence information more effectively
construct coherent lines of reasoning collaboratively as well as individually
Content
Holistic education can be divided into critical, creative, caring, and collaborative thinking. Together, these can be referred to as the Four Cs of Thinking.
Critical thinking is about wondering why.
Creative thinking is about wondering if.
Caring thinking is thinking about others.
Collaborative thinking is thinking with others.
These skills of thinking will maximise the usefulness of the Top Ten Pit Tools (problem-solving strategies that will help your students to construct meaning as they climb out of the Learning Pit.