Critical Thinking (16-18 Years)

Class Description

Critical thinking is a set of skills and habits of mind, including the ability to define a problem, identify assumptions, analyze ideas, and reason critically, and then systematically list different possible causes, create plausible solutions, or evaluate its correctness using logical reasoning. It also includes the ability to make creative connections between ideas from different disciplines. In this course, we will use our thinking hats to look at different scenarios in different ways. We will use a variety of teaching methods such as questioning to think outside the box. Each week has a different focus and aims to engage learners through discussion. Here's the updated list with classes before the Week of 6/5/24 moved to the end of the list with new weekly dates in UK format starting on Mondays each week: Week of 9/9/24 - Will Robots replace us? Week of 16/9/24 - Fashion Week of 23/9/24 - Life of Chocolate Week of 30/9/24 - Upside Down Week of 7/10/24 - Intelligence: Learned or inherited? Week of 14/10/24 - Modern Medicine vs Traditional Medicine Week of 21/10/24 - Time: What is it? Week of 28/10/24 - How was language created? Week of 4/11/24 - Dinosaurs Week of 11/11/24 - Fishing Week of 18/11/24 - Sports Week of 25/11/24 - What would happen if.... Week of 2/12/24 - Jokes Week of 9/12/24 - Being Happy Week of 16/12/24 - Being Invisible Week of 23/12/24 - Zero Gravity Week of 30/12/24 - No School Week of 6/1/25 - Life Without Internet Week of 13/1/25 - Types of Transport Week of 20/1/25 - Ice Age Week of 27/1/25 - A Healthy Body = A Healthy Mind Week of 03/02/25 - The Justice System Week of 10/02/25 - Time Travel Week of 17/02/25 - Desert Island Week of 24/02/25 - The Future Week of 03/03/25 - Ageing Backwards Week of 10/03/25 - The Universe Week of 17/03/25 - Strange Things Week of 24/03/25 - Society