Critical Thinking with Alice

A Curriculum Design Model for Middle School Teachers

Marie Sontag, PhDDuke University, Alice Symposium, June 2009

Critical Thinking with Alice

E.D. Hirsch, founder of the Core Knowledge Foundation

Ken Kay, co-founder of Partnership for 21st

Century Skills

In today’s economy, is it possible for students to achieve a level of proficiency in the core subjects, while developing 21st century skills?

YES! The instructional design model, Critical Thinking with Alice, utilizes the construct of TPACK to structure Alice tutorials keyed to

core subject standards within a 21st-century skills framework.

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Core Knowledge –

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Skills?

Critical Thinking with Alice- utilizes the construct of TPACK

- to structure Alice tutorials keyed to core subject standards - within a 21st-century skills framework.

TPACK – formulated at the

9th Annual National

Technology Leadership

Summit (2007)

TPACK emphasizes 3 kinds of knowledge essential for tech integration

Critical Thinking with Alice- utilizes the construct of TPACK

- to structure Alice tutorials keyed to core subject standard - within a 21st-century skills framework.

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Critical Thinking with Alice- utilizes the construct of TPACK

- to structure Alice tutorials keyed to core subject standard - within a 21st-century skills framework.

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Critical Thinking with Alice- utilizes the construct of TPACK

- to structure Alice tutorials keyed to core subject standard - within a 21st-century skills framework.

Grade 6

Critical Thinking with Alice- utilizes the construct of TPACK

- to structure Alice tutorials keyed to core subject standard - within a 21st-century skills framework.

Critical Thinking with AliceStudent Sample, Gr. 6 – Ancient Chinese Philosophers

Critical Thinking with Alice- utilizes the construct of TPACK

- to structure Alice tutorials keyed to core subject standard - within a 21st-century skills framework.

Critical Thinking with AliceStudent Sample – Ancient Greek Philosophers

Critical Thinking with Alice-Teacher Example, Gold Rush – Gr. 5 and Gr. 8

SCCS – A Learning Theory for 21st Century Students

Social and Cognitive-Connectedness Schemata

P21 Skills Framework -

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills

Critical Thinking with Alice- utilizes the construct of TPACK

- to structure Alice tutorials keyed to core subject standards within a 21st-cetury skills framework.

Critical Thinking with Alice- utilizes the construct of TPACK

- to structure Alice tutorials keyed to core subject standards within a 21st-cetury skills framework - SCCS

Critical Thinking with Alice- utilizes the construct of TPACK

- to structure Alice tutorials keyed to core subject standards within a 21st-cetury skills framework - SCCS

Critical Thinking with Alice- utilizes the construct of TPACK

- to structure Alice tutorials keyed to core subject standards within a 21st-cetury skills framework - SCCS

Social-

Connectedness

Schema

Constructs

Critical Thinking with Alice- utilizes the construct of TPACK

- to structure Alice tutorials keyed to core subject standards within a 21st-cetury skills framework - SCCS

Critical Thinking with Alice- utilizes the construct of TPACK

- to structure Alice tutorials keyed to core subject standards within a 21st-cetury skills framework - SCCS

Critical Thinking with Alice- utilizes the construct of TPACK

- to structure Alice tutorials keyed to core subject standards within a 21st-cetury skills framework - SCCS

Critical Thinking with Alice- utilizes the construct of TPACK

- to structure Alice tutorials keyed to core subject standards within a 21st-cetury skills framework - SCCSCognitiv

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Connectedness

Schema

Constructs

Critical Thinking with Alice- utilizes the construct of TPACK

- to structure Alice tutorials keyed to core subject standards within a 21st-cetury skills framework - SCCS

Critical Thinking with Alice- utilizes the construct of TPACK

- to structure Alice tutorials keyed to core subject standards within a 21st-cetury skills framework - SCCS

Critical Thinking with Alice- utilizes the construct of TPACK

- to structure Alice tutorials keyed to core subject standards within a 21st-cetury skills framework - SCCS

Critical Thinking with Alice- utilizes the construct of TPACK

- to structure Alice tutorials keyed to core subject standards within a 21st-cetury skills framework - SCCS

Critical Thinking with Alice- utilizes the construct of TPACK

- to structure Alice tutorials keyed to core subject standards within a 21st-cetury skills framework - SCCS

Critical Thinking with Alice- utilizes the construct of TPACK

- to structure Alice tutorials keyed to core subject standards within a 21st-cetury skills framework – P21

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Critical Thinking with Alice- utilizes the construct of TPACK

- to structure Alice tutorials keyed to core subject standards within a 21st-cetury skills framework – P21

Critical Thinking with Alice- utilizes the construct of TPACK

- to structure Alice tutorials keyed to core subject standards - within a 21st-century framework.