An introductory session on Teaching for Thinking
Engaging students in inquiry and research has been recognised as a core way to focus learning on the development of higher order critical thinking and problem solving. But embedding critical thinking research into the curriculum is often problematic, marked by a lack of precision and intentionality in pedagogical practice.
The University of Queensland Critical Thinking Project (UQCTP) has developed an explicit inquiry framework (Teaching for Thinking, or T4T) to help communicate critical thinking processes and more formally assess them. This approach has been successfully trialled in many education contexts, including in partnerships with UCLA and Pepperdine universities, California and Simon Fraser University, British Columbia.
We invite you to this FREE Event, our 4th ACUR and UWA CoP Colloquium Series Seminar:
With: Dr Peter Ellerton, Director (Pedagogy and Curriculum) UQCTP
On: Wednesday, 2nd July 2025, 3pm to 3.45pm (AEST)
Register your interest in attending this FREE online event at this Eventbrite link.
UQ’s CT project aligns with ACUR’s view that inquiry and research thinking—as a series of metacognitive processes—represent how both new learning and new knowledge are constructed.
As a pedagogical approach it provides a tangible and actionable way to respond to the identified need to shift away from output-based assessments towards performance-based approaches, an imperative in an age of AI.