Description
Many times educators go big with critical thinking, higher order thinking, and deeply engaging learning activities that leave their students both working and thinking rigorously. However, when left unstructured and without proper direction, these activities and lessons can end in disaster and leave teachers discouraged. In this 1-hour course, “Planning for Critical Thinking – The Practical Tools to Avoid Disaster,” lawyer and educator Colin Seale will help you discover ways to ensure that the objectives you develop as an instructor are clear yet ambitious and how to know what the end product should look like when it comes to critical thinking.
After taking this course you will walk away knowing:
- SMART goals
- How to check for understanding
- What good engagement really looks like
Elvia – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
The way the presenter used SMARTS, made more sense than the way I use them.
Sonia – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative!
Brenda – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Helpful strategies that promote Engagement, Rigor, and Understanding/Learning.
Laura – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Contains excellent teaching strategies
Martha – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative!
Jimmy – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
There are some good ideas and strategies here, but I had hoped for a more in-depth look at how to actually efficiently implement critical thinking in the classroom.
Eduardo – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Readily accessible to start using in class.
Elizabeth – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course!
Teresa B. – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Mindy – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
It gave me some good ideas and things to think about and implement in class. I will definitely use some of these strategies.
Sonia – HALLETTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative, relative, and engaging
Glennda – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It could be more interactive.
maritza – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent
Pam – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
Useful information was provided.
Sylvia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Awesome
Stacey – Prince George County Public Schools (verified owner) –
I do not feel that this course was for critical thinking. Everything he talked about was something I do each day in my classroom. His focus seemed to be mainly on Checking For Understanding and I do this daily, regardless of their learning abilities. It was also very hard to understand some of what he was saying.
Nicole – Prince George County Public Schools (verified owner) –
This course was a great review of strategies that I have already been taught. It was a great refresher to remind myself how to incorporate these ideas into my classroom.
Dawn – HALLETTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas present in this training!!
Raul – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Good information
John – DAYTON CITY (verified owner) –
I feel that this course was informative and thought provoking.
Delia – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
It was short and to the point. Provided important points for a teacher.
Richard – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
Several good takeaways and strategies to promote critical thinking in the classroom.
Allison – Prince George County Public Schools (verified owner) –
I think this course is good, but I am not a new teachers, so a lot of it was repetitive.
Penny – VIDOR ISD (verified owner) –
I like that it was very “to the point”. Concrete information with plenty of examples that gave me understanding.
Claudia – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
it was great
Susana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Colin Seale does an excellent job in keeping the formula for critical thinking simple
LaKeyseya – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
good course
Marta – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was informative.
Belinda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent
Melissa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great info!
Herlinda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great suggestions to maintain rigor and pacing in our lessons.
Deborah – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
Good ideas for using in the classroom
Jan – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
good
Bertha – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
good information
Martha – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoy all the classes from Thinking like a lawyer
Diana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was very insightful.
Deborah – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
This course directly addressed the issues I was having with some my assignments in my GT class.
Gerald – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
good stuff
Robin – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
It had some good ideas
Elizabeth – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Another excellent course by Colin Seale! Very engaging and informative!
Laura – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
I loved it. Simple, strong, and critical thinking will happen.
Blanca – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
General, generic. Nothing new or innovative. The only positive is that it gets you thinking about organization. I agree with cutting clutter out of lessons and the value of pre-preparation. This might help brand new teachers, but experienced teachers have been doing these main points already.
Jerry – WESTFALL LOCAL (verified owner) –
He made a lot of good points. Very helpful.
Colleen – GAHANNA-JEFFERSON CITY (verified owner) –
Good content, pace was a little slow
ROSAANGELICA O – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It was very useful and helped me reflect on my teaching.
Vicki – BEAVERCREEK CITY (verified owner) –
Great practical strategies for incorporating critical thinking into the classroom.
Maggie – Morgan Local Schools (verified owner) –
I was expecting specific content ideas for improving critical thinking in students. However, I felt like this was more focused on classroom management and lesson planning. It didn’t address how to teach students to be critical thinkers.
TOMASA – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
It was good.
KARRIE – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
Great pacing and practical ideas to use in any classroom.
BERTHA – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
very interseting