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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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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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The popcorn project: Service learning meets critical thinking

Jennifer Pardee, former principal of Bowen Island Community School, describes how the student council enhanced a fundraising project with critical thinking.
Subjects: Civics, Professional Learning
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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From “finding out” to “thinking about”: Changing research assignments into critical challenges

Patricia Finlay shares her experiences as a teacher-librarian who shifted from teaching traditional research skills to supporting students with information problem solving.
Subjects: Professional Learning, Not Subject Specific
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Learning to Inquire in History, Geography, and Social Studies: An Anthology for Secondary Teachers

A favoured choice for post-secondary course instructors and their students for over 25 years. Now in its fourth edition, Learning to Inquire in History, Geography, and Social Studies: An Anthology for Secondary Teachers brings together the work of prominent education scholars and the experiences …
Subjects: Social Studies, Geography, History
Grades: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Post-secondary
Format: Print
Alternate Format: e-Book
Regular Price: $79.95
Format: Print

Critical, creative and collaborative thinking: A three-sided coin?

Beate Plance and Roland Case describe four ways to fortify widely used “thinking” activities to better support 3C thinking among educators and students.
Subjects: Professional Learning, Not Subject Specific
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
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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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