{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"131: Round Table: Creating a Culture of Critical Thinking and Reflection","description":"Looking for fresh ways to cultivate critical thinking and reflection in your classroom? Tune in to hear Heather talk with three TeachBeyond educators about the value of critical thinking, examples from their classrooms, and practical steps to get started. Cultivating a Culture of Critical Thinking by Diane Peneycad Cultivating a Culture of Reflection by Leighton Helwig \u201cSimply put, critical thinking is what your brain does with facts and information.\u201d - Diane \u201cCritical thinking is such an essential part of our image-bearing nature. This is a great privilege we have. We don\u2019t live by instinct like animals, but we get to image God.\u201d - Jacob \u201cIf we can eat and drink to the glory of God, we can also think to the glory of God.\u201d - Jacob \u201cWe do want students to ask questions, but we don\u2019t want them to be cynical in an unhealthy way, so I think there\u2019s a good balance to have a teachable attitude.\u201d - Jacob \u201cThere has to be a balance of responsibility to content and objectives and what\u2019s required for us to teach, while still offering an environment or opportunity for the questioning and the thinking. I think if I would err on the side of one or the other, I would err on the side of thinking and equipping for future consumption of content.\u201d - Leighton \u201cThere are times we\u2019re going to go really deep, and there are times when it may not, but we can still engage them in the thinking process at various levels\u2026 Students need time at various levels of thinking throughout their day and throughout their courses.\u201d - Diane \u201cYou need to create an environment that\u2019s a safe environment, that they understand that we\u2019re going to be thinking and there may not be one right answer.\u201d - Diane Project Zero\u2019s Thinking Routines Toolbox \u201cModeling is super important. We bring our own transformed life into the classroom.\u201d - Diane \u201cThe best-case scenario is when students choose to use [a tool] on their own for their own learning. That\u2019s how you know it\u2019s been embedded in the way that they are thinking.\u201d - Leighton \u201cNever say what a kid can say. In other words, I need to create the environment where I\u2019m asking the right question that the student is then going to frame the response.\u201d - Diane \u201cIt\u2019s okay to disagree, but how do we do so respectfully? How do we honor each other as image bearers of Christ?\u201d - Diane \u201cWhat makes you say that?\u201d - Diane \u201cI think it\u2019s really important for teachers to be willing to seize those teachable moments.\u201d - Jacob \u201cGod created our minds to think. If we\u2019re not creating environments to have that happen, then we\u2019re not allowing the full potential of what God has created in our classroom.\u201d - Leighton \u201cAs you develop a school-wide culture of thinking, it just becomes a way of life for teachers and students.\u201d - Diane \u201cTo be able to go to that deep place of thought, we have to rest. We have to rest to reflect.\u201d - Jacob Sign up to receive TeachBeyond\u2019s OnPractice publication here! What\u2019s changing our lives: Heather: Time to journal and reflect Jacob: Journaling Diane: Being able to ride her bicycle inside Leighton: How to Know a Person by David Brooks Weekly Spotlight: Christian International School of Prague We\u2019d love to hear from you! podcast@teachbeyond.org Podcast Website: https:\/\/teachbeyond.org\/podcast Learn about TeachBeyond: https:\/\/teachbeyond.org\/  ","author_name":"Transformed & Transformational","author_url":"http:\/\/transformedandtransformational.libsyn.com\/website","html":"