Professional Library

Our professional learning library features a variety of themes and types of resources, all focused on how to integrate critical, creative, and collective thinking into your practice.

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Engaging with the War of 1812

Teacher Chris Good illustrates the effects of using a simple critical challenge to engage students’ curricular understanding during a debate about a historical topic.
Subjects: Social Studies, History, Professional Learning
Grades: 7, 8, 9
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Telling the story of a graph

Duff Porteus tells how one critical thinking activity involving linear relations completely transformed his math class.
Subjects: English/Language Arts, Mathematics, Professional Learning
Grades: 10, 11, 12
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Transformed teaching

Ingrid Phare describes how infusing critical thinking has resulted in an elementary school where spirited discussion, conversations and debates are the norm.
Subjects: Professional Learning, Not Subject Specific
Grades: 4, 5, 6
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Nurturing critical thinking: A note to parents

Roland Case explains what critical thinking involves, why it is important, and how parents might help their children develop this life skill.
Subjects: Professional Learning, Not Subject Specific
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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Enseigner et apprendre avec la pensée critique

Les composantes du guide électronique pour chaque niveau sont structurées en fonction de plusieurs enquêtes d’analyse critique. Ces enquêtes visent à regrouper l’enseignement de plusieurs composantes spécifiques autour d’une idée centr…
Subjects: Professional Learning, Not Subject Specific
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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An experience to share

Preeti Sharma describes students’ responses to critical challenges in her computer class in India.
Subjects: English/Language Arts, Professional Learning
Grades: 4, 5, 6
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