“Love the concept! Already implementing the program! Kids love it and I have already seen a change in them!”
“I thoroughly enjoyed the CCT course and have not stopped talking about how wonderful, useful and inspiring it was. I have done a lot of Professional Learning courses and can honestly say this was the best and most valuable course for students’ learning that I have attended.”
“Critical and creative thinking are integral to activities that require students to think broadly and deeply using skills, behaviours and dispositions such as reason, logic, resourcefulness, imagination and innovation in all learning areas at school and in their lives beyond school.”
— THE AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
is the thinking we do when we generate ideas
Pose questions
Imagine possibilities
'Brainstorm' solutions
Elaborate
Improvise
Chase inspiration
Speculate
Use intuition
Defer judgements
is the thinking we do when we judge ideas
Pose questions
Consider perspectives
Identify pros and cons
Determine causes
Predict effects
Consider alternatives
Avoid assumptions
Look for proof
Draw conclusions
What skills will our current crop of students need to develop over their thirteen years of schooling to be employable in 2030? Students will need to be particularly strong in these areas:
Critical thinking and judgement
Science and maths
Strategic and creative thinking
Verbal communication and interpersonal skills
We are Minds Wide Open. Future-focused PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROVIDERS and specialist future-focused classroom resource creators.
We teach you how to teach your students to think for themselves! Once students have that skill, they are set for life - all learning in all areas becomes turbocharged!!!!
“Much has been said about the need to use CCT to develop well rounded students. Content from this TPL was from a teacher for teachers. Not a policy maker with no teaching experience.”
