In this webinar, Colin Seale talks about his initiative, ‘Think Law’ and his newest book, ‘Thinking Like a Lawyer: A Framework for Teaching Critical Thinking to All Students.’
Think Law is an initiative that combines critical thinking skills used in law with education, utilizing real-life legal cases for upper grades and fairy tales/nursery rhymes for lower grades to make critical thinking more practical for students of all ages. Think Law also provides professional development for teachers and workshops for parents, aiming to make equity in education a tangible strategy rather than just a buzzword.
The COVID-19 pandemic and our nation's current reckoning around issues of racial justice have led to school systems across the country aiming to create more intentional strategies for educational equity. But what does true equity look like at the classroom level?
Critical thinking is seen as a pathway to racial justice because it equips students with the skills to question and dismantle systemic inequities, rather than just navigate them. The speaker, a child of immigrants, emphasizes the need to move beyond the notion that success requires working "twice as hard to get half as far."
Instead, the Think Law framework promotes critical thinking skills by encouraging students to engage in complex discussions, understand different perspectives, and challenge existing systems. This approach aims to foster empathy, social-emotional learning, and a deeper understanding of justice, making equity in education more actionable and relevant in the classroom.
Join Colin Seale for this insightful webinar that explains why and how educators can use this book's powerful but practical framework to ensure "equity" does not become education's latest buzzword. Education equity can become a guiding force to ensure students have the tools not only to navigate an unjust system, but also to question, dismantle existing barriers, and rebuild a better world.
‘Thinking Like a Lawyer: A Framework for Teaching Critical Thinking to All Students’ by Colin Seale is available now: www.routledge.com/9781646320073
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