Description
Adolescents aren’t typically known for their critical thinking skills. But Colin Seale, the founder of thinkLaw, believes you can transform your students’ critical thinking dispositions in order to help them use their unique teenage brains to change the world.
In this course, Mr. Seale will help you do the following:
- Examine the developmental reasons why smart kids do dumb things
- Explore what this means for you as a teacher
- Discover how closing the critical thinking gap can help address this important issue
Mr. Seale walks you through the following strategies for shaping your students’ critical thinking:
- Helping students funnel risk-taking tendencies into opportunities for activism
- Providing students with opportunities to examine situations and consequences from different perspectives
- Enabling students to apply these concepts in different situations
You’ll come away from this course inspired and equipped to help develop a new generation of decision-makers.
Amanda – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
great course
Melissa – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It was ok
Cynthia – Pilot (verified owner) –
Very informative
LaKeyseya – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Good course
Coby – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Clear and to the point
Nelda – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
very interesting module
Monica – HERITAGE ACADEMY (verified owner) –
This was a great presentation that allowed me to find new ways to open up and dig deeper with my students.
Belinda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great course!
Kriston – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Wonderful!
Robin – HILLSBORO ISD (verified owner) –
I didn’t think the title matched the content.
Delfina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Tiffany – Region 17 ESC (verified owner) –
Good course
Shannon – Region 17 ESC (verified owner) –
Presentation makes you think about what is going on in our world today.
Arthur – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
Good course! These strategies to promote nuanced critical thinking are worthwhile for all our kids.
Jon – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Enjoyed the course. Gives perspective of how to help our students become open minded in their thinking.
Chris – Private Pay (verified owner) –
A fine presentation for GT. Especially liked the Math/Science scenario. My only concern was the difficulty I found in taking the course.
Ophelia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Interesting. Good speaker.
Claudia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Really interesting and very easy to understand.
Alma – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great course!
Kristen – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Didn’t really meet my needs for the grade level I am teaching
Deborah – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas to get kids start thinking about the decisions they are making.
marisela – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Good
Karen – HALLETTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
goood
Lisa – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Great information!
Araceli – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Good information for critical thinking
Debra – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
I felt it was mostly encouraging activism in students. Many adolescents may not truly understand adult critical thinking. They certainly would not understand all aspects that enter into making adult decisions – even if discussed for some time in a classroom.
Amie – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
I like the idea of Nuanced thinking, with that and lots of practice thinking that way, kids might develop holistically
Richard – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
very informative
Diana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It is awesome!
Terri – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
I love how the presenter used recent and relevant information and situations to convey his scenarios. He posed his questions to hit the 4 core subjects and had us reflect on it.
Claire – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course.
Shelly – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Liked the ideas given.
April – EULA ISD (verified owner) –
This is one of the best ones that I have attended online.
Lanagale – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I really liked this presentation because it really helped me understand how to help students think about the different perspective of things.
melissa – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
informative and easy to follow
Cecilia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very relevant with my high school students
Veronica – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Informative and great course!
Angelique – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great course.
Margaret – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Course is a good course to explain how students think. I especially liked the section about perspective.
Herlinda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Anna – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
This was the best course I have taken because I was engaged the entire time. I also loved how the reflection questions were gradual and not at the very end of the lesson.
Rosalinda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I believe it was very informative.
Cynthia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Informative
Jon – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
good
Zeniff – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
It’s a good course. It places things into perspective about engaging students in a different way so that they can think about actions and consequences.
Lindsey – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Though provoking
Ana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
good
Keith – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
The Presenter brought up good points about ways to get young people to start “thinking like an adult”, even though many adults still do not think this way. We must instill in young people the importance of their voice. But they must learn to accept that all actions have consequences.
Diana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting course.
Erica – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course gave me a broader perspective on why smart kids do dumb things. The strategies can be implemented in the classroom to better engage those students who fit that description.