Teaching Critical Thinking: Using Seminars for 21st Century Literacy

This book shows how a seminar approach can lead students deeper into a text and improve students’ speaking, listening, reading and writing skills, as recommended by the Australian standards. Roberts and Billings provide easy-to-follow guidance on implementing Paideia Seminars, in which students discuss a text and ask open-ended questions about it. The book offers an array of practical resources, such as sample seminar plans, student models, suggested texts and ideas for assessment.