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HUPE Plenary 9 April Key Quotes
Simple Steps to Critical
Thinking for Kids and Teens – Plenary presentation,
HUPE conference, 9 April 2016
For those of you who were
there and want a copy of the key quotes:
We need new
competencies which emphasise innovativeness, creativity, problem solving
skills, critical thinking skills. It is not possible to foster these
skills in a traditional educational system whose main function is knowledge
transfer.
National
Curriculum Framework for Pre-school Education and General Compulsory and
Secondary Education, Republic of Croatia, July 2010
From the age of 2 "Examining
conversational exchanges, and in particular children's reactions to the
different types of information they get from adults in response to their own
requests, confirms that young children are motivated to actively seek
explanations."
Frazier et al,
University of Michigan
Journal of
Child Development, Nov/Dec 2009
I have no
special talents. I am only passionately curious.
Albert Einstein
The child is curious…wants to make sense of
things… is open and receptive…experimental.. bold… not afraid of making
mistakes… is patient…can tolerate an extraordinary amount of uncertainty,
confusion, ignorance and suspense..
John Holt, Natural Learning Style
the aim of
education is to enable children to understand
Heraclitus, 6th century BC
“In school, we’re rewarded for having the
answer, not for asking a good question.”
Richard Saul
Wurman, architect, designer and
created TED
What
questions should teachers ask:
Do you like..? Why?
Why do you think…?
What would you do if ….?
What do you think is going to happen?
How would you change the story?
The best questions have LOTS of possible
answers!
Remember:
Ask, don’t tell
Ask good questions
Allow kids to imagine and create
Don’t judge
Encourage kids’ questions
There’s no such thing as a wrong answer!
The only time my education was interrupted was while I was at school.
Winston Churchill
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