間眅埶AV

Developing Minds 2020

Connect Creative with Critical Thinking in the Classroom

Schedule

* Please note: conference presentations will be recorded for . Video will be uploaded to the conference website after the event. 

Morning presentations take place in the Fletcher Challenge Theatre (1900); afternoon presentations take place in the Segal Rooms (1420-1430)

TIME

EVENT

SPEAKER / TITLE
8:00am Check-in/Registration First floor Harbour Centre atrium

8:30am 
1900: Fletcher Challenge Theatre

Welcome to 間眅埶AV 

Welcome and land acknowledgement 

8:45am 

Introduction Addresses

 

9:00am 

Keynote Susan O'Neill   "Lessons from Creative and Critical Thinkers: How Synergies and Silos Impact Students' Learning."

9:45am 

Interactive presentation and workshop
Nicolas Fillion
Creative and Critical Thinking in Action: Ethics Bowl in the Classroom

11:15am 

Coffee  

11:30am 

Breakout Sessions

Moderated sessions addressing keynote and workshop to develop practical lesson plans

12:15pm

Lunch  

1:00pm 
1420-1430 Segal Rooms

Keynote Kieran Egan The Role of Imagination and Cognitive Tools in Developing Creative and Critical Thinking

1:30 pm

Panel session

CIRCE 

  • Michael Datura
  • Judy Dabideen-Sonachansingh
  • Kavita Hoonjan
  • James Johnson
  • Tim Waddington
Practical examples of how cognitive tools shape imaginative teaching practices in ways that develop their students' critical and creative thinking skills. 

2:15 pm

Creativity session for delegates: Ethics Bowl in your classroom

 

Moderated breakout creativity sessions for delegates - putting creative and critical thinking to work in the classroom

3:15 pm  

Closing remarks and summation

 

3:30  5:00 pm

Continue the conversation - catered reception   Cash bar

About Developing Minds

Recent changes in the BC education curriculum established 'Critical Thinking' as a core teaching approach throughout K-12 classrooms. Students benefit from a rich community of inquiry that promotes deeper understanding of curriculum content and equips them with valuable life skills. School systems already using this approach have documented success using a number of outcome metrics.

Critical thinking skills transfer readily from the classroom into post-secondary education, and beyond. Not only do they enhance learning outcomes but students also gain a competitive advantage in the job market by acquiring skills in critical, creative and collaborative thinking frequently sought by modern employers.

The Developing Minds conference seeks to open up discussion among provincial education stakeholders keen to explore how teaching critical thinking in K-12 classrooms transfers into post-secondary education for student benefit. 

間眅埶AV presents a day of roundtable discussion and keynote presentations on teaching critical thinking within BCs education system, with a focus on connecting creative thinking with critical thinking skills in the classroom. Attendees will hear from keynote speakers with direct experience, and then collaborate to build a provincial framework of reference.