The following video resources provide support with planning.
About Critical and Creative Thinking
Why is Critical and Creative Thinking important?
Critical and Creative Thinking is a one of four capabilities in the Victorian Curriculum F-10. The importance of Critical and Creative Thinking in education is emphasised, globally, nationally and of course within our own state. Watch the video module for a brief introduction into the value of critical and creative thinking for our students in their education and for their future.
Duration: 5 minutes 13 seconds
About Critical and Creative Thinking transcript
About Critical and Creative Thinking presentation
Navigating the Curriculum
What is the recommended approach to navigating the curriculum?
As specialist teachers we have investigated the intended navigation of the curriculum. This video module shares what we have come to understand about the intended purpose of each element and what we think is a helpful way to utilise the curriculum for effective planning.
Duration: 5 minutes 3 seconds
Navigating the Curriculum transcript
Navigating the Curriculum presentation
Explicitly teach Critical and Creative Thinking
How might I explicitly teaching Critical and Creative Thinking?
This introduction to the 3 part series explores why we should be explicitly teaching the capability and identifies approaches that have helped us in our classrooms. These approaches are explored further in parts 2 and 3.
Duration: 3 minutes 52 seconds
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Explicitly teach Critical and Creative Thinking presentation
Split Screen Approach
This module investigates the split screen approach to teaching as part 2 of a 3 part series on explicit teaching, We find out how to teach Critical and Creative Thinking while also teaching skills and knowledge from other curriculum areas.
Duration: 3 minutes 44 seconds
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Split Screen Approach presentation
Lens Approach
The final module in the three part series explores the lens approach. The lens approach is a helpful way of adding a direction or focus to learning in your classroom.
Duration: 4 minutes 53 seconds
Lens Approach transcript
Lens Approach presentation