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Our professional learning library features a variety of themes and types of resources, all focused on how to integrate critical, creative, and collective thinking into your practice.

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An experience to share

Preeti Sharma describes students’ responses to critical challenges in her computer class in India.
Subjects: English/Language Arts, Professional Learning
Grades: 4, 5, 6
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The spirit of inquiry

Roland Case remembers sitting in on a grade four class as the students were engaged in a discussion to determine the quality of life of First Nations people prior to European contact.
Subjects: Social Studies, Professional Learning
Grades: 4, 5, 6
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“C3” thinking—Critical, creative and collaborative

Garfield Gini-Newman and Roland Case explain the interrelated nature of three dimensions of thinking—critical, creative and collaborative.
Subjects: Professional Learning, Not Subject Specific
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Bringing critical thinking to the main stage

Roland Case critiques current teaching of critical thinking and proposes a more productive, curriculum-embedded approach.
Subjects: Professional Learning, Not Subject Specific
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Let’s do lunch: A critical, creative and collaborative process

Jessica Raslack tells how students in her Food and Nutrition course used creativity and critical thinking while running their own “restaurants” to cater school events.
Subjects: Professional Learning, Not Subject Specific
Grades: 10, 11, 12
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Taking seriously the teaching of critical thinking

In this article, Roland Case and Ian Wright use numerous examples to describe ways of effectively promoting critical thinking in social studies.
Subjects: Social Studies, Professional Learning
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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