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CUR/515

Continuing Education for Teachers

Critical Thinking and Innovative Skills

Online

Format

$1,620

Estimated Tuition

3 credits

Total credits

6 weeks

Course length

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Course level: EDU Graduate

Learners in this course explore the development and application of critical thinking skills for all academic content areas in elementary, middle school, and high school settings. Participants identify the educational needs of students by exploring current instructional theories, models, and strategies; and state, local, and national standards as they relate to developing critical thinking skills in classroom teaching. Prospective educators develop skills in selecting and adapting delivery methods and behavior management plans for diverse individual students and student populations.

This course is not available for enrollment to residents of Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, and New York.

Prerequisites

This graduate level course requires proof of completion of a Bachelor's degree. Be prepared to provide documentation during the checkout process.

Required materials

The materials required for this course are covered in your resource fees.

Course skills and outcomes

Identify multiple teaching perspectives within academic disciplines.

Apply quality questioning strategies to academic content areas.

Identify strategies to provide students with equal access to academic content.

Identify Common Core State Standards, or other relevant state academic standards, that encourage critical thinking within academic disciplines.

Design instruction to support a diverse student body.

Design instruction to meet rigorous learning goals by integrating knowledge of academic content areas, curriculum, and cross-disciplinary skills.

Design instruction that supports quality questioning.

Integrate technologies into instruction effectively to promote critical thinking.

Identify a variety of assessments to measure student progress in reaching content standards.

Identify appropriate feedback to encourage student progress in meeting content standards.

Identify a variety of assessments and feedback to encourage critical thinking.

Integrate critical thinking instructional strategies into lessons to promote diverse student interest and engagement in the classroom.

Determine strategies to collaborate with families and community members to develop a thinking culture.

Collaborate with others to create learning environments that support individual and collaborative learning.

Why take courses at University of Phoenix

Accreditation that matters

We’ve been accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (hlcommission.org) for more than 40 years.

Real-world instructors

Learn from instructors who bring an average of 25 years of working experience to the classroom.

Affordable and potentially reimbursable

Our tuition and fees are competitive and fixed. Also, check to see if your employer will cover you for this course.

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Credit Transfer

Need to transfer credits to another college or university?

Before you enroll in a course, check with your school of choice to make sure they will accept our transfer credits and to understand any requirements or limitations. Then you can complete your course, and request your official transcript be sent to your school. That’s it!

How to request your transcripts

Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice. If you have a question contact us at (866) 354-1800.

The University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses. Although our continuing teacher education courses are accepted by some state agencies in the United States toward teacher certifications and endorsements, this may not be the case in all states or foreign jurisdictions. If you plan to use courses for certification or endorsement, please check with your own state agency and your school district for applicability. Continuing teacher education courses are not eligible to apply to degree programs at University of Phoenix. These courses are not eligible for federal financial aid. Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice. While widely available, not all programs are available to residents of all states. Please check with a University Enrollment Representative. If you have a question contact us at (866) 354-1800.

Critical Thinking and Innovative Skills