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Cas Olivier started the topic Critical thinking in the forum
Training Service Providers 6 months, 4 weeks agoThe words “critical thinking” are used left, right and centre.
“Students must be critical thinkers.”
“Schools must empower children with critical thinking skills.”
“‘Teach our children critical thinking skills.”
“Our children need critical thinking skills.?
What is the simple definition of critical thinking?
How will you know when a…[Read more]
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Cas Olivier replied to the topic There is another learning style …. in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 1 year agoWhy would I make the world more difficult and expect people to buy in?
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Cas Olivier replied to the topic There is another learning style …. in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 1 year agoThe proverbial bird is in your hand Zayne.
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Cas Olivier replied to the topic There is another learning style …. in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 1 year agoZayne, it is not me who can bring change.
Tt is in hands of people walking pass the Thinking Tools billboard and tick the block: “Noted – Done and dusted.”
Einstein said: “You cannot expect better results by doing the same things.”
This is why I am currently involved with 11 countries who are eager. For example teachers in Uganda are put…[Read more]
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Cas Olivier replied to the topic There is another learning style …. in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 1 year agoOnce you work with Thinking Tools tracking evidence and progress is a walk in the park with the Formative Assessment Rubric, but that excludes flipped teaching as I do not regard copied work from resources such as textbooks and manuals as a learner’s authentic evidence.
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Cas Olivier replied to the topic There is another learning style …. in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 1 year agoZayne within blended learning I have a fundamental problem with the flipped classroom part.
See the video clip.Flipped teaching
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Cas Olivier replied to the topic There is another learning style …. in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 1 year ago@Sylvia, over to Zayne in his post ….
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Cas Olivier replied to the topic There is another learning style …. in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 1 year agoTrue
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Cas Olivier started the topic What is the most effective way to transfer knowledge? in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 1 year, 2 months agoThis was riddle I wanted to unravel since my days as a junior teacher. I spent hours and hours sequencing, in those days on transparencies which was projected on a screen by means of an overhead projector.
When writing and sketching the information that must be transferred to the students’ brains, it was always difficult to choose between a p…[Read more] -
Cas Olivier replied to the topic Thinking Tools in the forum Basic and Higher Education 1 year, 2 months ago
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Cas Olivier started the topic Learn Thinking Tools in you own time and at your own pace in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 1 year, 2 months agoThe complete eLearning Thinking Tools course for will be available mid-December.
I am currently recording the Thinking Tools course for teachers with 8 teachers from London schools wanting to enable their students to think and their marks to excel.
In the meantime, you can watch a preview that demonstrates 3rd party interaction. I selected a…[Read more]
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Cas Olivier started the topic Thinking Tools are pioneering global education in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 1 year, 2 months agoThe eLearning Thinking Tools course for teachers is in the making and will be available mid-December.
Currently recording with 8 teachers from London schools wanting to enable their students to think.
In the meantime, you can watch a preview that demonstrates 3rd party interaction on a recorded…[Read more]
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Cas Olivier started the topic Example where the delivery mode AND content are aligned with 4IR eLearning in the forum
Learning Material Development 1 year, 3 months agoThis teacher training program allows for third-person communication with course content, collaboration, critical and creative thinking – all in one engaging experience.
This highly enjoyable learner-centred course contains no boring traditional old school lecturing and assignments. THIS IS LEARNING ON THE GO!
The course is currently only a…[Read more]
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Cas Olivier started the topic Self-regulated learning is now replaced by self-educated learning. in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 1 year, 4 months agoThinking Tools achieved new heights and insight.
Self-regulated learning is now replaced by self-educated learning.
Thinking Tools is a dynamic thinking and communication means which empowers learners to engineer and master knowledge, gain insight and solve problems in self-educated ways.
Because of the unique approach, experience taught…[Read more]
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Cas Olivier started the topic If you are a teacher, which one will you choose? in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 1 year, 5 months agoThe choice is yours.
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Cas Olivier started the topic There is another learning style …. in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 1 year, 5 months agoThe more teachers I train, the more I find that they are trained to teach children who are not struggling.
Once a child does not understand, they use the same method which already failed the child – they re-explained – only slower and better.
Notwithstanding this, the numbers of children in different classes who do not understanding do not d…[Read more]
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Cas Olivier started the topic What is “Learned helplessness”? in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 1 year, 5 months agoIt is learners who are spoon-fed with PowerPoint sides and therefore not empowered to seek facts themselves.
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Cas Olivier replied to the topic What is learned helplessness? It is the result of our spoon-feeding in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 1 year, 5 months agoHi Sylvia,
Demarcation is not part of my normal Thinking Tools vocabulary, maybe a pronunciation challenge from my side.A wandering not wondering mind is a natural phenomenon and occurs with all.
You start thinking about something and then after a few second your mind hyperlinked to other ideas.
If only the teaching fraternity acceptd this as…[Read more]
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Cas Olivier started the topic What is learned helplessness? It is the result of our spoon-feeding in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 1 year, 5 months agoThe more I work with teachers trained in Thinking Tools, the more I notice the difference in their students.
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Cas Olivier started the topic How can a teacher transfer the linear content of a textbook into a 3D hyperlinke in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 1 year, 5 months agoWhen the education system does the wrong things right, society is very unforgiving.
If you have a voice in education decisions and still believe in Bloom’s Taxonomy, this YouTube clip on the 4IR gyro approach towards teaching and learning may surprise you.
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