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Prairie Elementary School-Home of the Prairie Pandas! Newsletter Issue No. 1 | Date of publication May 1st, 2024 Emma Gerard TCH 520 Edward Cox Engaging in critical thinking and problem-solving skills through brain based learning content- A parental edition
Critical Thinking in Early Childhood education. What is Critical Thinking? If we need to define critical thinking, it would be the ability to process information and not having to form a biased opinion. (2021, Keever) . Teachers use the scaffolding method to help young minds grasp a subject better, by offering words that students are familiar with. Descriptive, manipulatives, and modeling, all help with building critical thinking skills. Higher-order questioning can function in a sense that students are able to test their knowledge and understanding of a concept. Problem-Solving skills in Early Childhood Education: What are problem-solving skills? When we think of critical thinking skills, we think of the logical sense of how our brain thinks. With problem-solving skills, we rely on critical thinking to solve problems. In early childhood, children learn to process emotions through critical thinking. Ways that we can help children build solid problem solving skills is by asking questions, encouraging play, model problem solving, storytelling, and most of all, discuss the problem in simple terms. Metacognition and the role of experiential and problem/project based learning What is Metacognition? To put it simply, metacognition is thinking about one’s thinking. Basically how we think about our thinking.
What is the role of metacognition in critical thinking? Or in Problem-Solving? If metacognition is thinking of one’s thinking, using it to help solve problems comes into play. Metacognition can help children recognize not only their thinking on said problem, but to analyze how their thinking can resolve the problem or hinder the resolution. We can offer to ask questions, to dig into their critical thinking skills, which will in turn, open up their problem solving skills. Experiential and problem/project based learning can help children enhance their critical and problem solving skills. It relies on independence, and for children to explore different solutions through hands-on experience. It also promotes engagement among children through creativity and imagination. We want to encourage children to explore different areas of interests and to work through problems that may arise in real life situations.
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