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Self
Introduction:
Philip
Stimpson is at present a visiting scholar at the Institute of Education
having recent retired from the Faculty of Education HKU where he was an
Associate Professor and Head of the Division of Policy, Administration and
Social Sciences Education. With considerable experience in pedagogy and
curriculum development, he has had more that two decades of working with
the CDI and HKEAA in Hong Kong and with overseas agencies.
Presentation
Topic:
Opening minds: meeting the
challenges in integrated studies
Abstract:
Critical
thinking is implicit in most, if not all, school curricula. In Hong Kong,
it is explicit in the Integrated Humanities curriculum and, one can argue,
central to Liberal Studies. Critical thinking is what makes Liberal
Studies liberal. Many teachers, however, are fearful of their students
capacity to engage with critical thinking and perhaps worry how they can
support learners in this task. What can be done in the classroom? It is
important to recognize that critical thinking is what we all engage in on
a daily basis. For some it is in a more abstract manner and for others it
is more grounded in observable reality. In essence critical thinking
involves students asking appropriate questions and teachers asking
questions which lead students in their quest.
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