2. ~ Henry Sidgwick
We think so because other people all
think so; or because – or because –
after all we do think so; or because we
were told so, and think we must think
so; or because we once thought so,
and think we still think so; or because,
having thought so, we think we will
think so…
4. Overview
What is critical thinking?
3 Minute Pause & Read
CAMPER – a tool for posing critical
questions to help facilitate critical
thinking
Research Cycle – sifting through all
the information
Essay Structure
5. What is Critical Thinking?
Health and Physical Education in the New
Zealand Curriculum defines critical thinking
as "examining, questioning, evaluating, and
challenging taken-for-granted assumptions
about issues and practices" and critical action
as "action based on critical thinking" (page 56).
6. 3 Minute Pause & Read
3 minute pause (developed by Ralph Tyler)
How does it work:
3. Read for 3 minutes
4. Summarize key ideas so far
5. Add your own thoughts
6. Pose clarifying questions
7. Add your own thoughts
Prior knowledge connections you can make
with the new information
What does this remind you of?
What would round out your understanding of
this?
What can you add?
8. Pose Clarifying Questions
Are there things that are still not clear?
Are there confusing parts?
Are you having trouble making connections?
Can you anticipate where this is headed?
Can you probe for deeper insights?
9. ~ Malcolm S. Forbes
“Educations purpose is to replace an empty
mind with an open one”.
10. CAMPER
This is a tool used to help facilitate critical
thinking.
Context used in example (press release) found
on the SPARC website
Have a go yourself using the ‘Green Funding’
Press release.
11. ~ Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic
diseases of the twentieth century, and more
than anywhere else this disease is reflected in
the press.
12. Research Cycle
This tool is important when you want to
research a topic (in a structured way)
You need to:
- Question
- Plan
- Gather
- Sort, Sift, and Analyse
- Evaluate
The evaluation can take place after the
critical action has occurred (AS 3.6)
13. Essay structure
Many different forms/views.
Essential elements include:
- Introduction
- Body
- Conclusion
- Reference List
Tips on how to approach the exam PMIS
esssay structure.