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Critical and Creative Thinking

Shaping Critical Thinkers is an online Professional Learning course for educators, designed to be self-paced while being connected to an online Professional Learning community and Future Capabilities Facilitator. Educators will build capability in designing, evidencing and assessing Critical and Creative Thinking by engaging with online learning and applying practical classroom strategies through each module.

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Modules

  • Thinking, Technology & Future Capable Learners
  • Learners connect to the relevance and purpose of learning
  • Learners responding to a ‘big question’ using questioning and active
  • Use of reasoning to develop new ideas, perspectives and solutions
  • Learners apply their learning to a real context
  • Evaluating your Critical and Creative Thinking tasks

FUTURE CAPABILITIES FRAMEWORK

The Future Capabilities Framework is the foundation which underpins all the Future Learning Academy courses. The framework provides Learning Design Steps that are a practical resource for educators to create experiences that support learners to develop their character qualities, skills and future capabilities. Crucially, the basis for each future capability is the Victorian & Australian Capabilities Curriculum and is designed to be a holistic approach to learning design. Each Future Capability Course explicitly links to key pedagogical themes identified in the Australian Capabilities Curriculum and has been specifically designed to equip educators with both the mindset and the tools to create a future capabilities focused curriculum.

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COURSE CERTIFICATION

DIGITAL CREDENTIAL ON COMPLETION

Digital credentials go beyond paper certificates. They are portable, verifiable, and uniquely linked to you. They also ensure that your hard-earned achievements are owned by you, not us - you can access and utilise your digital credential whenever, however you see fit. Digital credentials make you - and your achievements - more visible to schools, educators and professional education networks.

Future Learning Academy has partnered with the leading digital credential provider Credly, to provide acknowledgment for having impact on student learning.

The Course Facilitator

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ROWENA ULBRICK

Rowena has worked across education sectors in Australia and internationally for over ten years. She is committed to supporting teachers and leadership teams to provide rich learning experiences for young people through quality professional learning, leadership and managing change effectively.

Rowena's research on 21st Century Learning Design (21CLD) and Professional Learning was published in an Australian academic journal in 2014. Through her work at the Future Learning Academy, she has supported teachers and education leaders to design learning for 21st Century capabilities and utilise technology as a powerful tool for thinking, learning and creativity. Rowena’s energy and enthusiasm for education comes from a commitment to life-long learning and providing quality learning experiences for all.