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.

There are many ways to explore and curate resources from our professional learning library:

  • Use the keyword search below to select resources that meet your needs
  • Bookmark and save your favorites to create your own collection of easy-to-find resources

Search our professional learning resources

Keyword

Grade

Subject Area

Resource Type

Format

Language

Access

Results 63 Clear Filters

Powering up to critical thinking

Staff at École Meridien Heights School discuss their pursuit of critical thinking as a school goal, looking for powerful ways to make critical thinking an everyday part of their teaching.
Subjects: Professional Learning, Not Subject Specific
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
To access this download, please:

Thinking about thinking in social studies

Roland Case tells how an “embedded tools” approach to teaching critical thinking can avoid the pitfalls of traditional approaches.
Subjects: Social Studies, History, Professional Learning
Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
To access this download, please:

Learning to Inquire in History, Geography, and Social Studies: An Anthology for Secondary Teachers, Fifth Edition

For over 30 years, Learning to Inquire in History, Geography, and Social Studies: An Anthology for Secondary Teachers has been a favoured choice for post-secondary instructors and their students, and the “must have” resource on every social studies teacher’s bookshelf.
Subjects: Social Studies, Geography, History
Grades: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Post-secondary
Format: Print
Alternate Format: e-Book
Regular Price: $89.95
Format: Print

The popcorn project: Service learning meets critical thinking

Jennifer Pardee, former principal of Bowen Island Community School, describes how the student council enhanced a fundraising project with critical thinking.
Subjects: Civics, Professional Learning
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
To access this download, please:

Gingerbread math: A sticky investigation

Secondary teacher Kristine Woodford takes us on a mathematical journey involving proportion and scale in which critical thinking enhances engagement and learning.
Subjects: Mathematics, Professional Learning
Grades: 10, 11, 12
To access this download, please:

The power of sustained professional learning

Warren Woytuck describes his experiences as an instructional leader with elementary teachers as they begin to infuse critical thinking across subject areas.
Subjects: Science, English/Language Arts, Social Studies, Mathematics, Professional Learning
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
To access this download, please: