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Teacher Training Conference
Tbilisi
July 9, 2016
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Critical thinking makes sense
with
Grzegorz Spiewak
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What is missing – and WHY??
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Who do you think has paid for this image – and why?
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Is it effective – and why?
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’critical’ in WHICH sense – and why?
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i.e. the opposite of ’critical’ is…
uncritical
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UNcritical thinking …
"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean, I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff." Mariah Carey
"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very
important part of your life." Brooke Shields
"I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because, if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever" Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest.
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Critical Thinking ……
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CT: crucial aspect of higher-order thinking skills
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What’s CT got for ELT?
Analysis
Exploration
Production
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Analysis
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Our opening example fits in here, too, doesn’t it?
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Facilitating analysis: summary
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What’s CT got for ELT?
Analysis
Exploration
Production
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Exploration [1]
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Fact or opinion …??
Unfortunately, far too many people are without any form of health insurance.
A shocking 16.3% Americans are without health insurance.
Handout 2
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Exploration [2]
Handout 3
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Exploration [2]
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Facilitating exploration: summary
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What’s CT got for ELT?
Analysis
Exploration
Production
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sofa
chair
bet
cupboard
coffee table
mirror
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sofa
chair
bet
cupboard
coffee table
mirror
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sofa
chair
bed
cupboard
coffee table
mirror
Acknowledgement: Lindsay Clandfield, 2016 webinar for DOS-ELTea
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Odd ONE out
Odd TWO out
Odd THREE out
Etc.
Acknowledgement: Lindsay Clandfield, 2016 webinar for DOS-ELTea
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Politicians cannot agree on anything.
The Internet will mean the loss of more and more jobs.
Structuring argument
Opinion Justification Example
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Challenge the assertion
Why do you think so?
What’s your evidence for that?
Can you explain why?
Can you be more specific?
How is that good/bad?
Why does that matter?
How is that important?
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Controversy workout
* AGREE
** DISAGREE
*** APPLY TO YOURSELF
**** GIVE AN EXAMPLE
***** FOR & AGAINST
****** GIVE TWO EXAMPLES AND
CONTRAST
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Facilitating production: summary
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Treat teaching materials as a resource to be drawn upon, not a script to follow
Invite real sharing of ideas & opinions
Facilitate the experience of text rather than a mere surface comprehension of it
Adapted from Brian Tomlinson, IATEFL 2005 Conference Selections
What’s CT got for ELT?
