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What is …. ?

The Learning Challenge

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The Pit

1. Concept

2. Conflict

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ANALYSE

ANTICIPATE

APPLY

CAUSAL-LINK

CHOOSE

CLASSIFY

COMPARE

CONNECT

CONTRAST

DECIDE

DEFINE

DESCRIBE

DETERMINE

DISCUSS

ELABORATE

ESTIMATE

EVALUATE

EXEMPLIFY

EXPLORE

GENERALISE

GIVE EXAMPLES

GIVE REASONS

GROUP

HYPOTHESISE

IDENTIFY

INFER

INTERPRET

ORGANISE

PARAPHRASE

PREDICT

QUESTION

RANK

REPRESENT

RESPOND

SEQUENCE

SIMPLIFY

SHOW HOW

SOLVE

SORT

SUMMARISE

SUPPORT

TEST

VERIFY

VISUALISE

A selection of thinking skills

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I know it’s wrong to

steal

But then why was Robin

Hood a hero?

The Pit is all about Cognitive Conflict

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What are your ground rules for class discussions?

Lynx and Lamb are the twin daughters of April Gaede,

an activist and writer for the white nationalist

organization National Vanguard. The twins' grandfather

wears a swastika belt buckle and uses the Nazi symbol

on his truck

The twins believe Adolf Hitler was a great man with

good ideas, such as incentives to improve the genetic

quality of the German people, and marriage loans to

help qualified German families

In 2003, they were featured in a Louis Theroux BBC

documentary, entitled Louis and the Nazis, on anti-

semitism and white supremacy in the United States

PRUSSIAN BLUE

What if these two were in your class?

Conflict Within a Person’s Mind

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If A = B then

Does B = A?

Foreign Different

Different Foreign

For example …

Wobblers (If A = B)

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Primary School Concepts

MeFairness

RealLanguage

HomeTelling lies

Growth/Change Same

PetsEmotions

FriendsThinking

BelongingDreaming

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Secondary Concepts

HeroLies

History Sport

IdentityCulture

Bullying Real

FairKnowledge

Language Test

Drama Tourism

PoemMusic

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3 weeks old 2 years old 4 years old Adult

What makes you, you?

Are you the same person you were when you were a baby?

If you had a different name, would you be a different person?

When you play make believe, are you still you?

What Makes Me, Me?

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Recent Demo Lesson Concepts

What is a toy? (Prep)

Was the mouse telling lies? (Yr 1/2)

What happens when you die? (Yr 6)

What’s the difference between tragedy and romance? (Yr 9)

What is culture? (Yr 10)

Is zero the same as nothing? (Yr 11)

Eureka moments come from challenge

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2. Conflict

3. Construct

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Eureka!

Eureka!

Kriticos = able to make judgments

Critical Thinking

Comes from the Greek, Kriticos

Meaning: able to make judgments

Source: www.etymonline.com

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