Promoting Thinking Skills with Problem-Solving Tasks with Short Stories

Mgr. Miki Kano, BA

Master's thesis

Anotácia:

Abstract The aim of this thesis, Promoting Thinking Skills to Young Learners with Problem-Solving Tasks through Short Stories, is to illustrate practical use of the revised Bloom’s taxonomy to design activities for teaching thinking skills and to find out find whether and how problem-solving tasks promote pupils’ thinking skills. The theoretical part characterizes young learners and their cognitive development, introduces thinking skills and 21st century skills and discusses strategies of teaching thinking skills and implementation of problem-solving activities. The practical part introduces designed lessons and used strategies for teaching thinking skills and qualitative research conducted in two schools. Finally, this thesis discusses findings from qualitative research and further suggestions.

Abstract:

Abstract The aim of this thesis, Promoting Thinking Skills to Young Learners with Problem-Solving Tasks through Short Stories, is to illustrate practical use of the revised Bloom’s taxonomy to design activities for teaching thinking skills and to find out find whether and how problem-solving tasks promote pupils’ thinking skills. The theoretical part characterizes young learners and their cognitive development, introduces thinking skills and 21st century skills and discusses strategies of teaching thinking skills and implementation of problem-solving activities. The practical part introduces designed lessons and used strategies for teaching thinking skills and qualitative research conducted in two schools. Finally, this thesis discusses findings from qualitative research and further suggestions.

Keywords

young, learners,, thinking, skills,, 21st, century, Bloom’s, taxonomy,, cognitive, development,, problem-solving,, cooperative, learning,

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 31. 3. 2017

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Obhajoba proběhla 13. 6. 2017
• Vedúci: Mgr. Ivana Hrozková, Ph.D.
• Oponent: doc. Mgr. Světlana Hanušová, Ph.D.

Masaryk University

Faculty of Education

Master programme / odbor:
Teacher Training for Primary and Lower Secondary Schools / Lower Secondary School and Language School Teacher Training in English Language (eng.)