Original Text: General Implications for Instruction
Teachers need to take students through stages of intellectual development. For example, in elementary school an essential objective would be that students become "beginning" thinkers, that is, that they will be taught so that they discover that they are thinkers and that their thinking, like a house, can be well or poorly constructed. This "discovery" stage--the coming to awareness that all of us are thinkers--needs to be given the highest priority.
Paraphrase:
In his article, Critical Thinking Development: A Stage Theory, Elder with Paul (1996) has noted that an elementary or primary school would aim at helping all students become “beginning thinkers”. At primary school, students thinking are like house which can be well or poorly constructed. Hence, teachers need to teach and given highest priority to the students on thinking and also need to take students through different stages of intellectual development so that students discover, they (students) are thinkers. In words of Elder and Paul, the stage ‘beginning thinkers’ is called ‘discovery stage’ which means ‘coming to awareness’ (p.4).
My Response to Paragraph:
I agree with Elder and Paul that the objective of the elementary school is to help students in becoming beginning thinkers because their thoughts may well constructed at primary level. So as we teachers should teach and take them through varies stages of intellectual development. e.g. Stage of the Beginning Thinkers, Stage of the Practicing Thinkers, stage of the advanced Thinkers etc. by gradually.
Teachers need to take students through stages of intellectual development. For example, in elementary school an essential objective would be that students become "beginning" thinkers, that is, that they will be taught so that they discover that they are thinkers and that their thinking, like a house, can be well or poorly constructed. This "discovery" stage--the coming to awareness that all of us are thinkers--needs to be given the highest priority.
Paraphrase:
In his article, Critical Thinking Development: A Stage Theory, Elder with Paul (1996) has noted that an elementary or primary school would aim at helping all students become “beginning thinkers”. At primary school, students thinking are like house which can be well or poorly constructed. Hence, teachers need to teach and given highest priority to the students on thinking and also need to take students through different stages of intellectual development so that students discover, they (students) are thinkers. In words of Elder and Paul, the stage ‘beginning thinkers’ is called ‘discovery stage’ which means ‘coming to awareness’ (p.4).
My Response to Paragraph:
I agree with Elder and Paul that the objective of the elementary school is to help students in becoming beginning thinkers because their thoughts may well constructed at primary level. So as we teachers should teach and take them through varies stages of intellectual development. e.g. Stage of the Beginning Thinkers, Stage of the Practicing Thinkers, stage of the advanced Thinkers etc. by gradually.
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