JALT2025 - Tokyo

Digging into Critical Thinking Skills with your Textbook

Nov 1, 2025, 11:35 AM

1h

National Olympics Memorial Youth Center / 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター

Room 307

Speaker

Mr James Dunn (Meiji University)

Description

Sponsored by Oxford University Press
This presentation will share a systematic method of breaking down units of a textbook to find new opportunities for critical thinking skills development in your classroom. Independent of the textbook you may be using, developing a new lens, through which to view the deeper structure behind a book’s organization, educators can identify and choose new paths of thought and knowledge to complement the lessons. This method will assist in developing activities that encourage critical thought.

Summary

This presentation will share a systematic method of breaking down units of a textbook to find new opportunities for critical thinking skills development in your classroom. Independent of the textbook you may be using, developing a new lens, through which to view the deeper structure behind a book’s organization, educators can identify and choose new paths of thought and knowledge to complement the lessons. This method will assist in developing activities that encourage critical thought.