What is the
QEC’s
Next Move?
History
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QEP = 4th year
ARTs in last year
Semi-annual CTIs
Strategic Partnerships
PD Opps
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Critical Thinking Conference
• Patricia Payette @
Univ. of Louisville
• Making CT Stick at Your
Institution
• Change vs. Transformation
• Name those tunes
Change vs. Transformation
• What is the difference?
• Change is hard;
transformation, harder!
• CT transformation is a
messy process
• CT asks us to think about something
very familiar to us in a new way
Scope of Transformation
• People
– “Call for CT garners commitment,
not compliance!”
• Money
– Sustainable, assessable, connected to outcomes
• Infrastructure
– Leverage existing structures
– Give opps to plug into CT conversation
Transformational Advice
• Don’t wait for perfect conditions
• Make your sometimes clunky,
messy process transparent
• Be prepared for criticism
What does transformation through CT
look like at SPC?
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State - short poem
Elaborate - short song
Exemplify – 6’o clock news story
(N)egate – short skit
Illustrate – visual design
This was a critical thinking activity using a variation of the SEEI, mixed with various learning styles .