Contents
INTRODUCTION
Aims
The Critical Thinking Components
The Creative Thinking Components
Educational Theories Informing this Book
CRITICAL THINKING
How Critical Thinking Helps Students from Key Stages 3 to 5
Main Concepts and Techniques in Critical Thinking
Alphabetical List of Flaws
Recommended Resources to Support Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking Passages for Key Stage 3 and 4 with Analysis Sheets
Critical Thinking Passages for Key Stage 5 with Analysis Sheets
Examining Analogies
Identifying Moral Principles
Credibility Exercises
Finding Strengths and Weaknesses in Arguments
TEACHING CRITICAL THINKING THROUGH MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES (KS5)
Critical Thinking Snap or Card Matching Activity
Guess my Flaw
Critical Thinking ‘Pictionary’
Maps from Memory
CREATIVE APPROACHES TO CRITICAL THINKING (KS3-5)
Letters to the Editor
Writing Absurd Arguments
Creative Combinations: Writing Imaginative Arguments
CREATIVE THINKING ACTIVITIES
The Automatic Nanny Machine
Ingenious Inventions
The Totem Pole Challenge
Creating Political Parties
Creative Games for Spare Moments (KS3)
STUDY SKILLS THROUGH CREATIVITY
Organising Ideas (KS3/4)
Improving Memory Using Different Learning Styles (KS3/4)
Exploring Memory Techniques (KS5)
PHILOSOPHY FOR CHILDREN
What is Philosophy for Children?
Main Steps in Leading a Cycle of Enquiry
Sources of Information, Training and Ideas
Philosophy Passages with Teachers’ Notes
DE BONO PARALLEL THINKING ACTIVITIES
De Bono’s Six Thinking Hats®: Discussion of a Controversial Topic with Mind Maps as a Follow Up Activity
Looking for Alternatives
Other Point of View
Planning an Event the de Bono Way