Navigating HOTS and LOTS in Teacher Education

Kristel Ruutmets () and Evi Saluveer ()
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Kristel Ruutmets: Institute of Education, University of Tartu
Evi Saluveer: Institute of Education, University of Tartu

No 14616352, Proceedings of International Academic Conferences from International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences

Abstract: One of the essential 21st-century skills that teacher educators should focus on is developing their students' critical thinking. Chatfield (2018) claims that thinking critically involves understanding what is happening by using reasoning, evaluating evidence, and carefully considering the thinking process. However, in many classrooms, students' primary focus seems to be on what they are expected to do and how it will be assessed. This may be because textbook activities often emphasize lower-order thinking skills (LOTS) over higher-order thinking skills (HOTS), as indicated by various research studies. Therefore, it is the teacher's responsibility to create tasks that enable students to be flexible, creative and original, solve problems, and ask relevant questions. The presentation provides a brief overview of student teacher research on a primary school English coursebook set used in Estonian schools and offers some ideas for tasks and activities we have used to enhance student teachers' critical thinking skills.

Keywords: Critical thinking skills; Teacher education; Tasks and activities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 64th International Academic Conference, Lisbon, Nov -0001, pages 67-67

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