Creative & Critical Thinking

Thinking and Learning Strategies

 

STEP 1: Plan your lessons and units using these critical thinking strategies.

STEP 2. Educate your students with our videos and explanatory graphic organisers.

STEP 3. Guess what! You just finished an hour of PD on each strategy as well! Including a certificate for PD audits.

There are 20 creative and critical thinking strategies available. These include an instructional video and graphic organisers/templates for each. All of these can be purchased individually or as a bundle. All FREE material is already waiting in your Course Dashboard. All you need to do is join TeacherPD and log in. NOTE: For bulk school orders, please email an Excel or .csv file with firstname, lastname and email to admin@teacherpd.com.au along with with your request.

Free Teaching Resources

A selection of FREE resources on thinking and teaching strategies including cognitive and cooperative strategies and differentiated instruction.

  • Video on the Thinking Skills Framework and Blooms Taxonomy
  • 6 Professional Readings
  • 4 Exemplary Lesson Plans
  • 22 Lesson Ideas for all year levels
  • Copy our Blooms and Gardners MI Icons
  • Example Silent Card Shuffle Strategy - print outs.

These are waiting for you in the Course Dashboard. Create a Free account and log in!

Free Courses

  • 210  Teaching Strategy - Transfer Booklet: A  very simple strategy with Professional Development (half hour) to get you started. This course is waiting for you in the Course Dashboard. Create a Free account and log in!

Bundled Packages (Suits all subject areas and all year levels)

  • 102 Teaching Strategies Bundle - Light (No Professional Development) - $11.00
    • This package contains all 20 strategy instructional videos;
    • PDF templates/graphic organisers;
    • No professional development, assessment or certificates;
    • Its best use is as raw material to use as instructional aids for students with the addition of example graphic organisers/templates that can be used as hand outs.
  • 103 Teaching Strategies Bundle - All Inclusive (Includes Professional Development) - $39.90
    • This package contains all 20 instructional videos
    • PDF graphic organisers/templates (static)
    • PDF graphic organisers/templates (writable/interactive)
    • Focused professional development on differentiated instruction, cognitive and cooperative learning strategies.
    • 20 Hours of professional development, assessment and certificates that can be completed in your own time.

Individual Teaching Strategies, Courses and Instructional Material

The strategies bundled above can be purchased individually for $2.99 each (per year). These are courses numered 210 - 305. There are 20 and they all include an instructional video, graphic organisers/templates, and can be used to log one hour of professional development time including a completion certificate for each.

Please go to the Course Cart page to view the above bundles and individual courses. You can also click here for an example (primary) 'Word Association' Strategy.

NOTE: For bulk school orders, please email an Excel or .csv file with firstname, lastname and email to admin@teacherpd.com.au along with with your request.