Digital Pedagogy and Critical Thinking

Digital Pedagogy and Critical Thinking

1. What is Critical Thinking: "An attitude of being disposed to consider in a thoughtful way the problems and subjects that come within the range of ones experiences"

   • "Knowledge of the methods of logical inquiry and reasoning"
   • Characteristics of a Critical Thinker
     • Ask the right questions
     • Formulate good questions
     • Know what is relevant and irrelevant
     • Recognise self and other's Bias
     • Make assumptions that they analyse
     • Perceptive and able to make connections between ideas
     • Open minded
     • Uses evidence and reason to formulate decisions and able to formulate judgements with evidence and reason
     • having a "critical spirit". Meaning they have a "probing inquisitiveness", a keeness of mind and a hunger for reliable information
   • Critical thinking is seen as an enterprise skills that is; one that is transferable and that people can use to engage with the world and help us to navigate its complexitities
   • Critical Thinking is something that takes time and practice and it is something that I am yet to identify myself as.
     • https://www.monash.edu/rlo/research-writing-assignments/critical-thinking

2. Digital Pedagogy is hard to define as it encompasses many different definitions and perspectives. Put in broad terms it "is the use of electronic elements to enhance or to change the experience of education".

   • It is about purposely using ICT in the classroom to not just engage the learners but to deepen their skills and knowledge
     • This is the Padagogy wheel developed by Aaron Carrington that incorporates the Bloom's Taxonomy levels with Apps and ICT tools
       • The Padgogy wheel is designed to help educators think systematically, coherently and with a view to long term, big- picture outcomes- about how they use mobile apps in their teaching.
     • The pedagogy wheel brings together several domains of pedagogical thinking into one chart. These include attributes, Edtech, SAMR, Blooms taxonomy and Motivation.

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