Developing Critical, Creative and Collaborative skills

Keys to 21st

Century Skills

4 Cs

CollaborationCollaboration occurs when two or more people work together

to accomplish a shared, common goal, teaming up to meet that defined goal.

The learner is the primary focus of instruction

Instruction and “doing” are of primary import ant

Working in a group

Structured approaches to developing solution to real- world problems

Principles of Collaborative

Learning1 2

34Development of

High-level of thinking, Oral

communication, Self- managing and

Leadership skills

Promotion of student – faculty

interaction

Increase in student

retention, self-esteem and

responsibility

Exposure to and increase in

understanding of diverse

perspectives.

Preparation for real life social

and employment situation.

Fishbowl debate

Think-pair-share

/ Write-pai

r-share

Catch-up

Team based learning

Case studyStump your partner

Problem-Based learning

Collaborative Learning or Group work activities

Benefits of

collaborative

learning

Allocating resources and responsibilities

Brainstorming ideas in a group

Decision - making

DelegatingEvaluating Goal setting

Leading a group

Resolving conflictsTeam building

Managing time

Collaborative Abilities

Steps that are necessary while designing group work assignment Managing large Group work project

Introduce the task

Provide enough time

Debrief

Group work Evaluation

General Strategies to keep in mind when incorporating group work

Introduce group work early in the semester to set clear students expectations.

Plan for each stage of group work. Carefully explain to students how group will operate and

how students will be graded. Help students to develop the skills they need to succeed

in going activities. Establish ground rules. Consider using written contracts. Incorporate self and peer assessment for group members

to evaluate their own and others’ contributions

Think about course learning outcomes and how might address them.

How group will be organized How student learning and group process will

be supported. How students will be evaluated.In the class consider: How activity can be introduce How group will be formed How to ensure that students are productive What technology might assist the group work What the students can do

Provide opportunities for students to develop rapport and group.

Give students time to create group Establish ground rules. Assign roles to members. Allow students to rate each other’s

quality and quantity of contribution Check in with group intermittently

Evaluate students on both their contribution to group process as well as the final product.

Create a detail explanation what our expectation are.

Provide scores for individual as well as group Use rubric Incorporate peer and self- assessment at

various milestones. Communicate clearly to students at the

beginning how we can calculate their grades.

3 steps ofManaging

group work

CRITICAL THINKINGCritical thinking is focused, careful analysis of something

to better understand it. When people speak of"left brain" activity, they are usually referring to critical

thinking

Analyzing

Argu

ing

Classifying

comparing and

contrasting

Defining

Describing

Eval

uatin

g

ExplainingProblem solving

Tracking cause and effect

Criti

cal

Thin

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Ab

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Critical Thinking

is the skill that we

can teach to our

students.

Critical Thinking in the classroom

Critical thinking is a skill that we can teach to our students. It draws on other skills, such as communication and information literacy, to explore a problem, then analyze, explain and evaluate it.

Learning critical thinking leads students to develop other skills, such as a higher level of concentration deeper analytical abilities, and improved thought processing.

Critical thinking is a literacy that evolves as we develop.

Today’s students need critical thinking and problem-solving skills not just to solve the problems of their current jobs, but to meet the challenges of adapting to our constantly changing workforce.

Importance of Developing Critical

Thinking Skills.

Thinking Skills need in Today’s

Global Economy

Critical

Thinking

Problem

SolvingDecision

Making

Develop Critical Thinking By learning to:

Use different kinds of reasoning (deductive and inductive, to understand a situation).

Analyze complex systems and understand how their interconnected parts support the systems

Gather relevant information. Ask important questions that clarify points of view and help

solve problems. Make decisions by selecting appropriate criteria and

identifying alternatives to make reliable choices. Thinking "out-of-the-box", challenging consensus and pursuing

less popular approaches.Critical thinking is an essential part of creativity because we need critical thinking to evaluate and improve our creative ideas.

Academic Performance: Understand the argument and beliefs of

others Critically evaluating those argument and

beliefs Develop and defined one’s own-supported

argument and beliefs.

Daily Life: Helps to avoid making foolish

personal decisions. Helps to reflect and get deeper

understanding of own and others’ decisions.

creativity Creative thinking is

expansive, open-ended invention and discovery of possibilities. when people speak of , “right brain” activity, they most often mean creative thinking.

Creativity is the ability to produce new, diverse and unique ideas'

Creativity that is valued is the ability to come up with new and useful ideas, ideas that serve an important need or creates a new trend that makes an impact.

Innovation is the implementation of creativity-the introduction of a

new idea, process, or product.

Creativity provides the

necessary spark to get the ball

rolling.

Questioning

actively

Entertaining others

Innovating

Imagining ideas

Improvising a

solution

Designing something

Overturning something

Brainstorming ideas

Creating something

Problem Solving

Crea

tive

Th

inki

ng

Abilit

ies

Creativity in the classroom We are faced with countless

problems in our daily life, and it is precisely creative thinking that helps us come up with solutions to these problems.

Creativity is not a passive state of mind.

We must provide opportunity to our students to be creative through different activities

Creativity and Innovation Think Creatively Use a wide range of idea creation techniques Create new and worthwhile ideas Elaborate, refine, analyze and evaluate their own

ideas in order to improve and maximize creative efforts

Work Creatively with Others Develop, implement and communicate new ideas

to others effectively Be open and responsive to new and diverse

perspectives. Demonstrate originality and inventiveness in work

and understand the real world limits to adopting new ideas

View failure as an opportunity to learn Implement innovations Act on creative ideas to make a tangible and

useful contribution to the field in which the innovation will occur

Barriers of thinking

Creatively

Negative Attitude

Fear Of Failure

Executive Stress

Lack Of Direction

Following Rules

Fear Of Criticism

communication Communication is a process whereby information is enclosed in a package and is channeled and imparted by a sender to a receiver via some medium. The receiver then decodes the message and gives the sender a feedback. All forms of communication require a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, however the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication in order for the act of communication to occur.

To build effective Communication Skills students must learn to:

Communicate using digital media and environments to support personal and group learning.

Share information efficiently and effectively using appropriate digital media and environments.

Communicate thoughts and ideas clearly and effectively to different audiences using various media and formats.

Analyzing the situation

Choosing a

medium

Evaluating messages

Following conventions

Listening actively

Reading

Speaking

Turn

taking

Using

technology Writing

Communication abilities

Students must be able to effectively analyze and process the overwhelming amount of communication in their lives today.

Which information sources are accurate and which are not and how it can be used.

The power of modern media and the ubiquity of communication technologies in all aspects of life make teaching strong communication skills even more important.

Importance of communication