Description
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
Cristina – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the recommendations for healthy competitions and conflict techniques and tools.
Claudia – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
it was great
Catherine – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
ok
Kasey – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
This course discusses a skill that many students do not engage in often.
Jodie – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
The presenter made valid points about the need to have students think critically. Examples of engaging students in critical thinking are explained and justifications are provided that support the need for students to think critically.
Anna – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
good thoughts!
Alejandra – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Presenter provided a lot of modeling and involved trainee. Training had several strategies and methods for engaging students in critical thinking, and brought many real-life examples and cross-curriculum examples.
Dave – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
ok
Vicki – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
This was a very good course. It was well presented and interesting.
Keri – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Gives great ideas for developing critical thinking skills.
Michelle – FAYETTE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
Excellent support for allowing students time to think and not just be driven to get the “right” answer.
Rhonda – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
It had some great ideas about critical thinking.
Hilda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I see my students becoming more interested and involved in discussion if questions are presented like a court room.
Arthur – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
Good course. I especially like the ideas of having students argue both sides of an issue and becoming proficient in examining mistakes.
Kaleigh – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
I haven’t ever thought about the disposition for critical thinking. That was food for thought!
Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent.
Bertha – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
good information
Jodie – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
It is a reminder to have students ask why and to think deeper about their world.
Angelita – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the way the strategies were presented and one had to look at all sides of a problem to come out with a solution.
Veronica – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Excellent information. I wish he had not had a cough.
Mayani – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
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.
Liliana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting perspective.
miriam – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
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.
Myrna – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful to use with students. Many times students only focus on their own perspectives and don’t understand the big picture.
Sara – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It helped me see how critical thinking is very important and applied to real world.
Elizabeth – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Such an interesting and informative course!
Jerry – WESTFALL LOCAL (verified owner) –
I would have liked it if he had focused more on his DRAAW+C strategy.
Gabriela – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting perspective on critical thinking and questioning.
Cristina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
wonderful!
Cynthia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
It was great to see it from a Lawyer’s perspective. Very beneficial!
Mike – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
This was a beneficial course. I like the ideas that were presented in order to help my students think critically.
Delia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I do not understand why he was not recorded on a day when he wasn’t coughing. It was so distracting. The slides need more information. At the beginning, it just seem like a plug for his company.
Joselynn – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I would recommend that the speaker have a microphone.
Sandra – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course!
Adam – ASHLAND CITY (verified owner) –
A very thought provoking introduction to a different way of incorporating critical thinking
Maria Luisa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I liked it. It inspired me to change my quesioning during the lesson.
Cynthia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Jennifer – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
Very enjoyable and informative. I think this would make a good group study for a PLC.
Shawna – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
It’s very good- I like the transfer idea. And that students need not only the skills, but the disposition to critically think.
Martha Lynne – HERTFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
Interesting- doesn’t go deep enough nor explain how to use in math classes
Martha – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
Great content!!! thank you!
Ginny – FAYETTE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
This course does a great job of defining critical thinking and gives a few examples of critical thinking questions teachers can use with their students.
Martha – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting to look at critical thinking through a lawyer’s lens
Tony – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Clear. Practical. concise.
Jeannie – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
It was difficult to follow presenter.
Kimberly – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
excellent content
Norman – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
first few minutes of audio was annoying, however, this was a small flaw in an otherwise very well done video.
BERTHA – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
Interesting
Elizabeth – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting. Enjoyed the court case scenario
Lori – STOCKDALE ISD (verified owner) –
Informative