[Catalist] HOT [Higher-Order-Thinking] Learning in Science

[Michael McGarry]

Greetings Science Colleagues,


I congratulate UWA Graduate School of Education for hosting two timely and very important science education research seminars on Tuesday 15 August 2017 from 3.00 pm to 5.30 pm. [STAWA’s CATALIST URL: https://stawa.net/catalist/ <https://stawa.net/catalist/>]


Seminar 1: How can we get more students to study STEM subjects once they are no longer compulsory?


Professor Michael Reiss, University College London

WIKIPEDIA URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Reiss <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Reiss>
Seminar 2: Teaching higher order thinking to low achieving students: do they make a marriage?


Professor Anat Zohar, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

I have the professional stance that all science teachers should try to teach and assess Higher Order Thinking skills to/of ALL students, including ‘low achieving’ students.


I still recall a school principal visiting from the US, at Morley SHS, emphatically telling me that some students just cannot THINK, as I was explaining to him the curriculum design of my Australian Science (Year Levels 7 - 10) interactive PDF curriculum modules, on ASTA’s MOODLE URL: http://moodle.asta.edu.au <http://moodle.asta.edu.au/>.


We may wish to learn more about HOT Learning in Science at these websites?


URL 1: https://school.mandelfoundation.org.il/english/Faculty/Pages/Anat-Zohar.aspx <https://school.mandelfoundation.org.il/english/Faculty/Pages/Anat-Zohar.aspx>
URL 2: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sarit_Barzilai/publication/279193147_Metacognition_and_Teaching_Higher-Order_Thinking_HOT_in_Science_Education_Students%27_Learning_Teachers%27_Knowledge_and_Instructional_Practices/links/558da6ff08ae15962d89462e/Metacognition-and-Teaching-Higher-Order-Thinking-HOT-in-Science-Education-Students-Learning-Teachers-Knowledge-and-Instructional-Practices.pdf <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sarit_Barzilai/publication/279193147_Metacognition_and_Teaching_Higher-Order_Thinking_HOT_in_Science_Education_Students%27_Learning_Teachers%27_Knowledge_and_Instructional_Practices/links/558da6ff08ae15962d89462e/Metacognition-and-Teaching-Higher-Order-Thinking-HOT-in-Science-Education-Students-Learning-Teachers-Knowledge-and-Instructional-Practices.pdf>
URL 3: http://research.acer.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=resdev <http://research.acer.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=resdev>
URL 4: http://www.curriculum.edu.au/leader/teaching_higher_order_thinking,37431.html?issueID=12910 <http://www.curriculum.edu.au/leader/teaching_higher_order_thinking,37431.html?issueID=12910>
URL 5: https://www.eaa.unsw.edu.au/forms/pdf/professional-development/conferences/2014/9%20-%20Greg%20Reid%20-%20%20Assessing%20HOT%20Skills%20in%20ICAS.pdf <https://www.eaa.unsw.edu.au/forms/pdf/professional-development/conferences/2014/9%20-%20Greg%20Reid%20-%20%20Assessing%20HOT%20Skills%20in%20ICAS.pdf>
HOT in Chemistry URL 6: https://eprints.qut.edu.au/60747/1/Higher_order_thinking_in_chemistry_FINAL.pdf <https://eprints.qut.edu.au/60747/1/Higher_order_thinking_in_chemistry_FINAL.pdf>
URL 7: http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/109111/chapters/Introduction.aspx <http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/109111/chapters/Introduction.aspx>
Best Wishes,


Michael John McGarry

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