Four Organising Elements for Critical and creative thinking

SUMMARY

1.identifying, exploring and

clarifying questions and issues

2. gathering, organising and

processing information

3. transferring knowledge into new

contexts.

SUMMARY

1.imagining possibilities and

considering alternatives

2. seeking and creating innovative

pathways and solutions

3.suspending judgment to visualise

possibilities

SUMMARY

1.reflecting on thinking

(metacognition)

2 reflecting on procedures and

products.

SUMMARY

1.applying logical and inventive

reasoning

2.drawing conclusions and designing

a course of action.

This element sees students demonstrating open mindedness, asking different kinds of questions and transferring knowledge across new contexts.

This element sees students demonstrating the ability to consider alternatives, seek innovative solutions and suspend judgement to visualise possibilities.

Teachers enable this learning by providing learning opportunities • to engage students in challenging learning opportunities,

• to gather and process new information and expand their knowledge • that allows for discussions that opens up possibilities.

This element sees students demonstrating the process of metacognition, categorising and linking ideas in innovative ways and reflecting on procedures and products.

This element sees students analysing, synthesising and applying logic and inventive reasoning, evaluating ideas and information, and drawing conclusions and designing a course of action.

What P-2 teachers and students will be doing to support the development of creative and critical thinking…..

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imaginelinklistenmaporganiseposequestionreasonrecall

demonstratedescribedistinguishexamineexplorefindgenerategraphidentify

reflectseparatesolvesortsupportuse

Verbs from Creative and Critical Thinking Australian Curriculum Learning Continuum

What 3-6 teachers and students will be doing to support the development of creative and critical thinking…..

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mapmatch paraphrasepersistproposereasonrecognisereflect

explainexploregenerate identifyimproveinquireinvestigatejudgejustify

Verbs from Creative and Critical Thinking Australian Curriculum Learning Continuum

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Links to Curriculum Critical and Creative thinking is identified in the Science content

• E.g the capacity to pose questions, make predictions, speculate about their observations of the world, generate & evaluate knowledge / evidence, clarify concepts & ideas, seek possibilities, consider alternatives & solve problems through investigation, make evidence- based decisions ……all leading to an increased scientific view of their world.