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Developing Minds
Conference on Critical Thinking in Secondary and Post-Secondary Education
Past Conferences
- 2024: Critical Thinking Across Social Studies
- 2022: Critical Thinking and Lived Experience: Education in the Information Age
- 2021: Place-Based and Experiential Learning
- 2020: Connect Creative with Critical Thinking in the Classroom
- 2019: Critical Reading and Writing
- 2018: Critical Thinking in Curriculum Transfer
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.
¶¡ÏãÔ°AV presents a day of roundtable discussion and keynote presentations on teaching critical thinking within BC’s 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.