Thinking Like a Lawyer - Powerful and Practical Strategies to Teach Critical Thinking to All Students

$20.00

Presenters: Colin Seale
Core Area: Creativity & Instructional Strategies, Planning 1.3, Planning 1.4, Instruction 2.1, Instruction 2.3
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 1

Critical thinking skills are vital for today’s students, but many don’t have the tools they need to cultivate them. In this 1-hour course presented by thinkLaw, educators will discover strategies for enhancing critical thinking and student engagement in their classrooms. As both an educator and a lawyer, Colin Seale brings a fresh perspective to this subject.

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SKU TLAW-505 Categories Colin Seale, Creativity & Instructional Strategies|Planning 1.3|Planning 1.4|Instruction 2.1|Instruction 2.3, Esq., General PD, OAGC, thinkLaw Tags critical thinking, elementary, General PD, Gifted, giftedness, GT, Instructional Strategies, OAGC HOTS, ODE competency a, secondary

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What does being a lawyer have to do with teaching? Educator and lawyer Colin Seale says that some of the principles lawyers use in their work can also be used in the classroom to help your students build their critical thinking skills. In the course “Thinking Like a Lawyer – Powerful and Practical Strategies to Teach Critical Thinking to All Students,” educators will discover why critical thinking skills are so important for today’s students and how to cultivate them effectively. Mr. Seale presents teachers with activities and examples to help them build their critical thinking toolboxes.

In this course, you will learn about:

The definition of critical thinking
How to prepare your students to be critical thinkers
Strategies for enhancing critical thinking and student engagement in your classroom
The Chair Case

Presenter Bio

Colin Seale, Esq. is an education advocate and critical thinking expert who has merged his passion and experience for education, law, and social justice into thinkLaw, an award-winning program that helps educators teach critical thinking through standardsaligned, real-life legal cases and powerful and personalized professional development to help teachers implement engaging Socratic strategies across all grades and subject areas. Colin has been recognized as the 2016 Nevada Governor’s Conference Pitch Competition First Place & People’s Choice Winner, the 2016 Las Vegas National Bar Association Community Service Award Winner, and as a recipient of the ACLU of Nevada’s Community Juvenile Justice Award for thinkLaw’s work in ensuring that critical thinking is no longer a luxury good.

Additional information

Core Area	Creativity & Instructional Strategies, Instruction 2.1, Instruction 2.3, Planning 1.3, Planning 1.4
Hours	1 Hour
Organization	thinkLaw
Grade Level	Elementary, Secondary
Presenter	Colin Seale, Esq.
Course Content	General PD, OAGC

110 reviews for Thinking Like a Lawyer – Powerful and Practical Strategies to Teach Critical Thinking to All Students

Rated 5 out of 5

Cynthia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) – June 11, 2020

It was great to see it from a Lawyer’s perspective. Very beneficial!
Rated 5 out of 5

Cristina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) – June 11, 2020

wonderful!
Rated 4 out of 5

Gabriela – UNITED ISD (verified owner) – June 12, 2020

Interesting perspective on critical thinking and questioning.
Rated 4 out of 5

Jerry – WESTFALL LOCAL (verified owner) – June 12, 2020

I would have liked it if he had focused more on his DRAAW+C strategy.
Rated 5 out of 5

Elizabeth – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) – June 18, 2020

Such an interesting and informative course!
Rated 5 out of 5

Sara – UNITED ISD (verified owner) – June 25, 2020

It helped me see how critical thinking is very important and applied to real world.
Rated 5 out of 5

Myrna – UNITED ISD (verified owner) – July 1, 2020

Very helpful to use with students. Many times students only focus on their own perspectives and don’t understand the big picture.
Rated 5 out of 5

miriam – UNITED ISD (verified owner) – July 2, 2020

This course offers insight how sometimes people have skills but not necessarily the disposition to be critical thinkers. Presenter emphasized how we need to be able to give students time to think during a lesson.
Rated 5 out of 5

Liliana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) – July 3, 2020

Interesting perspective.
Rated 4 out of 5

Mayani – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) – July 6, 2020

This session was informational and important in that it addressed all of the aspects that play an inherent role in the ability to think critically as a teacher and deliver instruction so that students can see it from many perspectives.