Call for submissions with the CT SIG at JALTCALL 2024

The JALT Critical Thinking SIG (CT SIG) is accepting proposals for a presentation at JALTCALL 2024 to be held at Meijo University Nagoya Dome-Mae Campus from May 17, 2024 to May 19, 2024. Your submission should touch on both critical thinking in some form and the interests of the CALL SIG. If you are unfamiliar …

JALT2023 CT SIG Forum Speaker Spotlight: Wayne Devitte

Metacognitive Tasks as Critical Thinking with L2 Writing Assignments When presenting L2 learners with writing assignments and tests, it is important to assist them in more than just learning syntax and lexical items. Learners might not necessarily internalize teacher feedback and correction when they review completed assignments. As an opportunity to enhance learning in L2 …

Call for presenters for the CT SIG Forum at PanSIG 2024

PanSIG 2024 will be held at Fukui University of Technology from May 24th to May 26th. The Critical Thinking SIG is planning to hold a forum at PanSIG 2024, so we are accepting submissions from those who are interested in presenting their research or classroom practice related to any aspect of critical thinking in education. …

Critical Thinking Circular (CT Scan) and CT SIG July 1st Event Information.

Hello everyone, We are excited to bring you two things today; Our newly updated Newsletter, the Critical Thinking Circular. More information about our upcoming online event on July 1st. In this issue of the newsletter, (please use the link: CTC June 2023) we are talking about volunteering and how it can help your career. James Dunn has written …

Registration open for Critical Thinking in the Classroom 2023

The Critical Thinking SIG is happy to announce that the registration website for Critical Thinking in the Classroom 2023 is open at this link https://forms.office.com/r/QDamSgqbFG. Please register if you plan to attend. Critical Thinking in the Classroom 2023 (CTC 2023) is an online event being held from 14:00 to 17:00 on July 1, 2023. The …

Call for submissions for Critical Thinking in the Classroom 2023 (CTC 2023)

The JALT Critical Thinking SIG (CT SIG) is happy to announce that we are accepting proposals for presentations for Critical Thinking in the Classroom 2023 (CTC 2023) to be held online on July 1st, 2023, from 14:00 to 17:00. The aim of this online event is to provide an opportunity for educators to share their materials, …

Call for participation in KAKEN-HI research project about critical thinking

Dear, CT SIG colleagues, My name is Dennis Koyama, and I am conducting interviews about critical thinking in Japanese university courses. The main purpose of the research project is to answer the following broadly defined research questions: RQ1) How do teachers define and teach critical thinking? RQ2) How is critical thinking assessed? RQ3) How does …