Program Objectives

​This training program aims to focus on critical thinking and critical thinking skills, which are among the top skills on the current and predicted list of critical skills in the classroom, and how they can be transferred to classroom applications.

​The following topics will be covered throughout the program:

  • What is critical thinking? Why is it important?
  • What are the obstacles to critical thinking?
  • What are the critical thinking skills?
  • Critical thinking skills
  • Interpretation
  • Analysis
  • Evaluation
  • Inference
  • Explanation
  • Self-regulation
  • Methods and Techniques
  • Six Thinking Hats
  • Debate
  • Reflective Writing
  • Creating Venn Diagrams
  • Claim and Reason
  • Questioning
  • Thinking Routines
  • Explanation Game
  • Claim-Support-Question
  • What's making you say that?
  • Generate-Connect-Elaborate
  • Connect-Extend-Challenge
  • Red Light-Yellow Light
  • Web 2.0 Recommendations

​In addition, the participants who will be included in the social learning group to be created will be a part of the professional learning community.

​Who Can Participate in the Program?

All teachers and education administrators can apply for the program.

Duration and Schedule

This training is designed as an asynchronous program. Our training courses will remain accessible for 1 month. For an effective learning experience, it is recommended that the program be completed within 1 week.

Participation Certificate

This training is designed as an asynchronous program. Our training courses will remain accessible for 1 month. For an effective learning experience, it is recommended that the program be completed within 1 week.

Education Platform

Education will be conducted on the Teacher Academy Foundation's distance learning platform, eCampus, at https://www.orav.org.tr/ekampus.

Application

You can access the Critical Thinking Skills I Program and our other training courses on our eCampus distance learning platform. To register for our training courses, you must log in to eCampus. After logging in to eCampus, you can find the training courses awaiting your registration in the “Professional Development Training Courses You Can Register For” section.

For questions and support needs, you can send an email to [email protected]

This training program began in 2021 as part of the Nature of Learning Project with the support of our individual and corporate donors and continues to be implemented with ÖRAV's own resources.