IT FOR HIGHER THINGKING SKILLS AND CREATIVITY
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The document discusses using information technology (IT) to develop higher-level thinking skills and creativity in students. It proposes using project-based learning where students work on in-depth, complex, and real-world projects over a sustained period. The process of completing projects is more important than the product or outcome. Some examples of IT-based projects that could be used include resource-based projects, simple creations, guided hyper-media projects, and web-based projects.
IT FOR HIGHER THINGKING SKILLS AND CREATIVITY
- 1. IT FOR HIGHER THINGKING SKILLS AND CREATIVITY
- 2. In the traditional information absorption model of teaching the teacher organized and present information to student or learners. He may use a variety of teaching resources: * Chalkboard * Videotape * Newspaper * Magazine * Photos
- 3. the presentation is followed by discussion and the giving of assignment. This teaching approach has been proven successful for achieving learning outcomes following the lower end of Bloom’s Taxonomy : Knowledge, comprehension and application are concerned.
- 4. But a new challenge has arisen for today’s learners and this is not simply to achieve learning objectives but to encourage the development of the student who can do more than: * Receive * Recall * Recite * Apply Today, the students are expected to be not only cognitive : * Flexible * Analytical * Creative
- 5. To define higher level thinking skills and creativity, we may adopt a framework that is helpful synthesis of many models and definitions on the subject matter. The framework is not a exhaustive but a helpful guide for the teacher’s effort to understand the learner’s higher learning process.
- 6. THINKING SKILLS FRAMEWORK Complex Thinking Skills Focusing Information gathering Remembering Analyzing Sub-skills Defining the problem, goal/objective-setting, brainstorming Selection, recording of data of information Associating, relating new data with old Identifying idea constructs, pattern Generating Deducing, inducting, elaborating Organizing Classifying, relating Imagining Visualizing, predicting Designing Planning, formulating Integration Summarizing, abstracting Evaluating Setting criteria, Testing Idea, verifying outcomes, revising
- 7. in order to help student achieve higher level thinking skills and creativity beyond the ordinary bench mark of the student passing, even excelling achievement test , the project method is suggested. What is project method ? Project method consist in having the student work on projects with depth, complexity, duration and relevance to the real world. Improving on the Dewey project method, this new method involves students in the active creation of information, such that there is sustained reflective thinking on topic that have a real-world quality to them.
- 8. What is process? the process of project implementation takes the students to the steps, efforts, and experiences in project completion. Meanwhile, thus principle to be borne in mind is that: The process is more important than the product. the process refers to the thinking/affective/psychomotor process that occurs on the part of the learner. This comprises the journey that actualizes learning. The product is the result of this all-important process consisting in possibly a summary, a poster , an essay, a term paper, a dramatic presentation, or an ITbased product. This is the destination which should be rewarding, but as the teacher seek to develop in students higher level thinking skills and creativity, he/she should give more focus and attention to the journy.
- 9. In the Succeeding lesson, we shall examine examples of IT-based projects. These are: * Resource-based projects * Simple creations * Guided hyper-media projects * web-based projects