It’s August, and I hope you’ve had the opportunity to take a break from the hectic academic schedule and slow down the pace. Over the last few months, I have been thinking about how we evaluate critical thinking and measure if our students are developing the skills we intend for them. In other words, how […]
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It’s the summer term and whilst we may be winding down for this academic year, I know there is a lot of planning that will be taking place for 24/25. I was thinking about objectives and how the conversation around them has changed over the last 10 years. What I do think has remained is
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It’s June already! May has been a busy month and I have been less active on socials whilst I have been working on a few deliverables! However, exciting times as it’s almost time for series 3 of Talking CriticalEd! It’s been a few months since I have released a new series. I have decided to
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It’s May and we are in deadline season for a lot of HE and FE courses. I wanted to focus on the various layers of critical thinking today. As I have mentioned before, the term ‘critical thinking’ often leaves both students and educators pondering exactly what it is made up of. I aim to unravel
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When it comes to critical thinking, there are always so many questions that follow it. One of the first questions I looked into was whether we are born with critical thinking skills. To explore this idea, I think we have to first take ourselves over to an example to illustrate. We have all probably seen
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Lockdown and the pandemic may now, in 2024 feel like a distant memory that we would all rather forget, however, not all teaching and learning has resumed its in-person delivery. Online vs Offline, what’s the difference? While it may not be readily apparent, I believe there are subtle distinctions in critical thinking between an in-person
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Those of you who have worked closely with me since I started working independently will know it has long been a goal of mine to change how I work to reflect the society we are in today. I have been passionate about making changes to my website so that you as the user can access
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