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Reconciling learning the ‘basics’ and inquiry teaching

In this article, the staff of The Critical Thinking Consortium seek to explain how learning the basics and inquiry teaching can be reconciled.
Subjects: English/Language Arts, Mathematics, Professional Learning
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Heritage fairs

In this interview, teacher Romy Cooper explains how she uses critical thinking to help her students develop the strong inquiry questions that drive their impressive projects.
Subjects: Social Studies, History, Professional Learning
Grades: 4, 5, 6
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How do we measure up?

Yvonne Denomy, vice principal and teacher librarian, describes an inquiry into children’s rights with grade three and four students that left her in awe as they were able to determine, locate, analyze, interpret, infer and judge from primary data.
Subjects: Civics, Social Studies, Mathematics, Professional Learning
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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With the help of a crocodile

Courtney Johnson describes how she helped her ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) students think critically about imagery in poetry.
Subjects: English/Language Arts, Professional Learning
Grades: 7, 8, 9
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Learning to Inquire in History, Geography, and Social Studies: An Anthology for Secondary Teachers, Fifth Edition (e-Book)
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Learning to Inquire in History, Geography, and Social Studies: An Anthology for Secondary Teachers, Fifth Edition (e-Book)

For over 30 years, Learning to Inquire in History, Geography, and Social Studies: An Anthology for Secondary Teachers has been a favoured choice for post-secondary instructors and their students, and the “must have” resource on every social studies teacher’s bookshelf.
Subjects: Social Studies, Geography, History
Grades: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Post-secondary
Format: e-Book
Alternate Format: Print
Regular Price: $76.50
Format: e-Book

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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