Activity 5: Role play

Activity 5: Role play A useful method for practicing critical thinking in a group consists of starting a parallel thinking process based on role play. This method allows us to easily examine a hypothesis from different angles.  Upon a specific topic or issue, each...

Activity 2: Guided debate

Activity 2: Guided debate Speed debate Teacher displays a statement to the class relating to the topic chosen. The statements should be easily understood, but should be selected on the basis that they will invite a degree of disagreement amongst the class e.g. ‘War is...

Activity 1: Guided Brainstorming

Activity 1: Guided Brainstorming Circular single brainstorm Students stay in a circle; the first student speaks expressing an opinion about the topic selected. The following one continues, linking to something said to incorporate a comment that was referred to by the...