Description
In this 1-hour course you will discover:
- How to define critical thinking in the classroom
- Applications and tools to increase critical thinking in your classroom
- The basic theories behind critical thinking in the classroom, and how to utilize them
Presenter Bio
Lisa Van Gemert shares best practices in education with audiences around the world using a combination of neuropsychology, pedagogy, experience, humor, technology and sheer fun. She is an expert consult to television shows including Lifetime’s “Child Genius,” and a writer of award-winning lesson plans, as well as numerous published articles on social psychology and pedagogy and the book, Perfectionism: A Practical Guide to Managing Never Good Enough. A former teacher, school administrator, and Youth & Education Ambassador for Mensa, she shares resources for educators and parents on her website giftedguru.com and is co-founder with Ian Byrd of the Gifted Guild, a professional community for educators of the gifted. Lisa and her husband Steve are the parents of three sons and live in Arlington, Texas.
Margaret – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Learned a lot about how to have more critical thinking in my classroom.
Carolyn – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
This has some great information.
Daira – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
There were some good questions and techniques to promote critical thinking.
Erin – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
this was a great training with excellent ideas
Briane – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
very helpful info!
Stephen – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I like wait time 2
Cynthia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I like how the presenter understand a teacher’s perspective. I enjoyed the different methods of questing to use give in simplistic explaination.
Alicia – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Good ideas
Lindsey – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
It had wonderful reviews of engaging activities.
Liliana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It is very explicit and easy to listen to. It provides with some examples that help illustrate the concepts to better understand the strategies and how to best implement them in the classroom.