Open AccessRESEARCH NOTEBOOKS Developing Students' Critical Thinking Skills in KAETSU ARIAKE Junior & Senior High School library
Author(s) -
Shoko Sanada,
Hideo Yamada,
Aiko So,
Terumi Kuwata
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
iasl conference proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-8372
DOI - 10.29173/iasl7225
Subject(s) - mathematics education , variety (cybernetics) , critical thinking , bloom's taxonomy , psychology , medical education , library science , pedagogy , computer science , medicine , cognition , artificial intelligence , neuroscience
We, Kaetsu Ariake, regard 21st century skills as one of the most important factors for our students to acquire. Especially, critical thinking (CT) and its skills are indispensable. Thus, we offer special classes for the 7th, 8th, and 9th grade students to become better thinkers. Teachers from a variety of subjects teach the classes, which are held in our school library with the help of its librarian. The librarian teaches the students library skills, supports the teachers, and edits the Research Notebooks. The Research Notebooks are the key to managing the three-year course. We refer to the six-step learning program and Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy in order to develop the Research Notebooks. Using the Notebooks, the students can develop good insights and skills to do research. By making use of the library, getting the help of the librarian, and using the Research Notebooks, we promote 21st century skills throughout our school.