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Critical and Creative Thinking
Students identify, explore and clarify online information and use that knowledge in a range of situations. They think broadly and deeply using skills, behaviours and dispositions such as critical reasoning, logic, resourcefulness, imagination and innovation at school and in their lives beyond school. Students analyse problems, refine concepts and reflect on the decision-making process to make ethical decisions and take respectful action.
Typically by the end of Year 10, students:
Identify and clarify information and ideas
clarify complex information and ideas drawn from a range of sources
Organise and process information
critically analyse independently sourced information to determine bias and reliability
Consider alternatives
speculate on creative options to modify ideas when circumstances change
Seek solutions and put ideas into action
assess risks and explain contingencies, taking account of a range of perspectives, when seeking solutions and putting complex ideas into action
Think about thinking (metacognition)
give reasons to support their thinking, and address opposing viewpoints and possible weaknesses in their own positions
Reflect on processes
balance rational and irrational components of a complex or ambiguous problem to evaluate evidence
Apply logic and reasoning
analyse reasoning used in finding and applying solutions, and in choice of resources
Draw conclusions and design a course of action
use logical and abstract thinking to analyse and synthesise complex information to inform a course of action
Evaluate procedures and outcomes
evaluate the effectiveness of ideas, products and performances and implement courses of action to achieve desired outcomes against criteria they have identified
Typically by the end of Year 10, students:
Identify and clarify information and ideas
clarify complex information and ideas drawn from a range of sources
Organise and process information
critically analyse independently sourced information to determine bias and reliability
Consider alternatives
speculate on creative options to modify ideas when circumstances change
Seek solutions and put ideas into action
assess risks and explain contingencies, taking account of a range of perspectives, when seeking solutions and putting complex ideas into action
Think about thinking (metacognition)
give reasons to support their thinking, and address opposing viewpoints and possible weaknesses in their own positions
Reflect on processes
balance rational and irrational components of a complex or ambiguous problem to evaluate evidence
Apply logic and reasoning
analyse reasoning used in finding and applying solutions, and in choice of resources
Draw conclusions and design a course of action
use logical and abstract thinking to analyse and synthesise complex information to inform a course of action
Evaluate procedures and outcomes
evaluate the effectiveness of ideas, products and performances and implement courses of action to achieve desired outcomes against criteria they have identified