Critical and Creative Thinking About Critical and Creative Thinking

Jonny Wouters VCAA Specialist Teacher

Critical and Creative Thinking

Looking ahead to 2030

OECD 2030 Framework for Education - http://www.oecd.org/australia/

Personal

Local

Societal

Global

“There is a growing consensus that formal education should cultivate the

creativity and critical thinking skills of students to help them succeed in

modern, globalised economies based on knowledge and innovation.”

“The future is uncertain and we cannot predict it; but we need to be open and ready for it.

The children entering education in 2018 will be

young adults in 2030.

Schools can prepare them for jobs that have not yet been created, for technologies that have not yet been invented, to solve problems that have

not yet been anticipated.

It will be a shared responsibility to seize opportunities and find solutions”.

http://www.fya.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/The-New-Basics_Web_Final.pdf

Recommendation 7

“Strengthen the development of the

general capabilities, and raise their

status within curriculum delivery, by

using learning progressions to support

clear and structured approaches to their

teaching, assessment, reporting and

integration with learning areas.”

Three strands

http://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au/critical-and-creative-thinking/introduction/rationale-and-aims

Critical and creative thinking capability aims to ensure that students develop:

● understanding of thinking processes and an ability to manage and apply these

intentionally

● skills and learning dispositions that support logical, strategic, flexible and

adventurous thinking

● confidence in evaluating thinking and thinking processes across a range of

familiar and unfamiliar contexts.

Rationale + Aims

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