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Let's Get Thinking: Critical Thinking Outside the Box

In this ongoing life skills course, we look at a different scenario each week. Learners share their ideas through discussion and debate. Learners will develop their decision making skills, creativity, curiosity and problem-solving.
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1 live meeting
35 mins in-class hours per week

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Critical thinking is a set of skills and habits of mind, including the ability to define a problem, identify assumptions, analyze ideas, and reason critically, and then systematically list different possible causes, create plausible solutions, or evaluate its correctness using logical reasoning. It also includes the ability to make creative connections between ideas from different disciplines.

In this course, we will use our thinking hats to look at different scenarios in different ways. We will use a variety of teaching methods such as questioning to think outside the box. Each week has a different focus and aims to engage learners through discussion.

Here's the updated list with classes before the Week of 6/5/24 moved to the end of the list with new weekly dates in UK format starting on Mondays each week:

Week of 15/7/24 - The Justice System
Week of 22/7/24 - Time Travel
Week of 29/7/24 - Desert Island
Week of 5/8/24 - The Future 
Week of 12/8/24 - Ageing Backwards
Week of 19/8/24 - The Universe
Week of 26/8/24 - Strange Things
Week of 2/9/24 - Society
Week of 9/9/24 - Will Robots replace us?
Week of 16/9/24 - Fashion 
Week of 23/9/24 - Life of Chocolate
Week of 30/9/24 - Upside Down
Week of 7/10/24 - Intelligence: Learned or inherited?
Week of 14/10/24 - Modern Medicine vs Traditional Medicine
Week of 21/10/24 - Time: What is it?
Week of 28/10/24 - How was language created?
Week of 4/11/24 - Dinosaurs
Week of 11/11/24 - Fishing
Week of 18/11/24 - Sports
Week of 25/11/24 - What would happen if....
Week of 2/12/24 - Jokes
Week of 9/12/24 - Being Happy
Week of 16/12/24 - Being Invisible
Week of 23/12/24 - Zero Gravity
Week of 30/12/24 - No School
Week of 6/1/25 - Life Without Internet
Week of 13/1/25 - Types of Transport
Week of 20/1/25 - Ice Age
Week of 27/1/25 - A Healthy Body = A Healthy Mind

Further classes will be added.

We look forward to being part of your learning journey!

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Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Oregon Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Teacher Cheyanne BS BA CT TEFL
Non-US Teaching Certificate in Secondary Education
Teacher Fabien - OCT BPHED BED
Doctoral Degree in Biology/Biological Sciences from University of New Mexico
Teacher Kim, Ph.D.
Master's Degree from Erasmus University of Rotterdam
Teacher Shellan BA MA TESOL
Bachelor's Degree in Biology/Biological Sciences from University of New Mexico
Teacher Kim, Ph.D.
Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry from University of New Mexico
Teacher Kim, Ph.D.
Bachelor's Degree from Cardiff University
Teacher Sapphire, BSc Econ CELTA
Bachelor's Degree in Science from Rhodes University
Teacher Ellen, BSc., TEFL.
Bachelor's Degree in Science from Oregon State University
Teacher Cheyanne BS BA CT TEFL
Bachelor's Degree in History from Oregon State University
Teacher Cheyanne BS BA CT TEFL
Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education from Western Kentucky University
Teacher Kara BEEd TEFL TESOL
Bachelor's Degree from Millersville University
Teacher Kayla BA TEFL
Bachelor's Degree from University of California, Davis
Teacher Shellan BA MA TESOL
Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Mississippi State University
Teacher Emma MEd TEFL
Bachelor's Degree from University of Central Florida
Teacher Kassie BS TEFL TESOL
We are a team of qualified and experienced teachers with a wealth of experience across a range of ages and subjects. Most of our teachers are also TEFL/TESL qualified. You can find out more about each teacher in our profile. We are all passionate about teaching and learning and seeing our learners succeed. We look forward to meeting you in class soon.

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$15

weekly
1x per week
35 min

Completed by 6 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 15-18
1-6 learners per class

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