Teaching Critical Thinking to Support Learning & Growth

Stephen Burnage

Expert practitioner, consultant and trainer

Webinar

53 min

(196)

This webinar will provide headteachers, school leaders, teachers and practitioners with advice and practical tips on developing pupils’ critical thinking skills to inform decision-making and problem-solving during both their school career and adult life.

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Description

Webinar Runtime: 53 Minutes

Critical thinking is a crucial part of children’s development. The ability for pupils to think beyond the boundaries of what has been memorised and evaluate their own thought process with reasoned judgements is widely accepted as one of the most important skills teachers can help children to learn. Critical thinking can be applied at any age, in any subject and through any aspect of life.

In this webinar, Stephen Burnage, a school leadership specialist and expert practitioner with over 25 years’ teaching experience, explores why schools should focus on developing critical thinking skills, strategies for effective classroom practice and how teachers can implement learning across the curriculum.

Please note: This webinar provides AI-generated subtitles in multiple languages including English, Welsh, Arabic, German, Spanish, French, Polish, Ukrainian, Portuguese, Russian, Romanian and Chinese. To select a language, simply start the video and click the Closed Captioning (CC) button.

Learning Outcomes

Outcome 1:

Understanding the key components of critical thinking, how it fits with children’s learning and why it’s considered so important.

Outcome 2:

Recognising the factors that enable critical thinking and a better quality of outcome, and where critical thinking fits amongst other modes of thought.

Outcome 3:

Identifying the general principles for teaching critical thinking skills and applying best practice techniques in curriculum planning and delivery.

Outcome 4:

Understanding effective strategies for teaching critical thinking skills which can be adapted for any subject and for any age of learner.

Outcome 5:

Recognising scaffolding techniques which can help to support children’s ability to think critically and common pitfalls to avoid which can hinder progress.

Expert

Stephen Burnage

Stephen Burnage is an expert practitioner, consultant, and trainer who has spent over 25 years teaching and leading a variety of schools across the UK. He specialises in developing effective school leadership at all levels and the key areas of outstanding and impactful learning and teaching. This includes mastery learning, understanding thinking, inclusive teaching for inclusive learning, positive behaviour management, marking, feedback and assessment, performance management, staff development, coaching and mentoring and school inspection and quality assurance.

Steve is the lead trainer and examiner for Cambridge International Examinations and the International Baccalaureate. He is responsible for writing the British Council quality standards for the inspection of international schools in Egypt and has led teaching and learning development projects in China, Kazakhstan and Kurdish Iraq and leadership development and curriculum development projects for groups of schools in India.

Steve writes, delivers and hosts training and consultancy in schools, colleges, academies and conference venues throughout the UK, Europe, The Indian Subcontinent, Central and Southern Asia and the Middle East as well as supporting organisations in planning, producing and delivering online and blended learning education courses.

Steve writes a regular column for several UK education publications and is currently writing a teacher development training manual for an international publisher.

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