Students will be able to: develop critical thinking by making explicit their understanding of complex concepts as well as discussing these in groups develop their understanding of visual approaches to learning, note-making, and recalling important content Download resources: Collaborative matching card game for critical thinking and visual learning ..read more

Students will be able to: Develop and apply analytical strategies Develop and apply critical and appraisal capacities Develop communication skills, capacities and aptitudes Develop and apply creative research methods Develop and apply creative dialogic teaching and learning approaches Develop your inner playfulness Download resources: (Re)Building Higher Education A creative vision guide (PDF) Visioning Guide: Create your own Learning Outcomes (PDF) Creative Visioning: A ‘How to” Guide (PDF) Bibliography ..read more

Students will be able to: To improve understanding of how to critically evaluate an academic source, in the sense of identifying strengths and weaknesses in its method(s), data, interpretations, conclusions, and working assumptions. Download resource: Evaluating a source using SPEAR (PDF) Evaluating a source using SPEAR (Word ..read more

Students will be able to: Define ‘criticality’ and ‘academic voice’. Apply critical thinking to an everyday situation. Make a decision and justify it. Explain how a sound knowledge base underpins critical thinking. Download resources: Developing Critical Thinking for Nursing Students session slides (PowerPoint file ..read more

A gentle warning: The following slides contain information about the topic of eugenics, and ask you to consider examples of groups of people who have been treated as ‘unfit’, therefore the content should be delivered with caution and sensitivity. Download resources: Augmentation (PowerPoint file) Augmentation – Accompanying worksheet used with PowerPoint (MS Word file ..read more

Download resources: Scenarios activity (PowerPoint file) Copy and Paste Function (PowerPoint file) Digital annotation tools Flipcard (PowerPoint file) Split Screen Function Flipcard (PowerPoint file) Support reading with online tools Flipcard (PowerPoint file) Using a mixture of mediums Flipcard (PowerPoint file) Word Search Function Flipcard (PowerPoint file) BONUS: All of the above are available in MS Publisher file format (contained within this Zip file ..read more

A set of handouts which can be used to explore the various dimensions of reading critically. Slides which outline the three ways the resource could be used as a teaching activity. Specific resources needed for implementing this resource: pens. If applying it in a session, a set of extracts from scholarship could also be useful Contributor’s comments on the use of this resource: The Three Domains of Critical Reading is a framework to understand what is involved in reading at university in terms of critical analysis and evaluation. It can be used in 1-2-1 or lecture formats to explain the proces ..read more

This is a critical thinking activity aimed at having students evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of a classroom behavioural management theory. Specific resources needed for implementing this resource: Pens Contributor’s comments on the use of this resource: This is intended as a follow-up activity to Critical Thinking in Everyday Life, to illustrate the difference between critically evaluating academic evidence and making personal decisions. It can also be used as a stand alone critical thinking resource. Download Resources Critical Evaluation of Evidence Activity (pdf) Critical Evaluation ..read more

This is a useful gamification-based activity to help demystify critical thinking and analysis. It is adaptable to all levels of study. The accompanying Critical Thinking Cards are provided. Specific resources needed for implementing this resource: Critical Thinking Cards Contributor’s comments on the use of this resource: Instructions for use: Students are shown a statement, question or stat etc. on PowerPoint slide Tutor uses a Critical Thinking card to make a statement about the prompting question (as an example for students) Cards are put face down, students pick a card at random and see w ..read more

This is an interactive small group activity designed to help students understand the critical thinking skills they already have, and how these skills can transfer across different context. Specific resources needed for implementing this resource: Pens, paper Contributor’s comments on the use of this resource: Use as a way of introducing the concept of critical thinking and as a means of situating CT in a non-academic context. Download Resources Instructor guide (pdf) Slide transcript (pdf) Critical thinking in everyday life (ppt ..read more