Theories of Critical Thinking by Bailey Arnaud

 Bloom’s Taxonomy- As a Health and Physical Education teacher at the high school level, the psychomotor domain of Bloom’s Taxonomy is the easiest domain to assess. In the gym, we are constantly evaluating students’ psychomotor domain because of the nature of the class. How does a PE teacher measure the affective and cognitive domains? The traditional way to assess the cognitive domain is through a written test. There are alternative ways to assess the cognitive domain through exit slips, game performance assessment instrument, and sport education model rubrics. To assess the affective domain in a PE setting, the teacher will need to determine important components of the sport you are teaching (e.g., cooperation, fair play, caring, etc.). Most Physical Education teachers concentrate on the psychomotor domain and neglect the cognitive and affective domains. Physical Education should include assessments in all three learning domains.

Diffusion of Innovations/Types of Adopters- When artificial intelligence first came out, many people were skeptical about the technological innovation who would fall under the late majority adopter category. Especially in the world of education, AI can be a scary thing. However, being a teacher and a student, I have seen how co-workers, classmates, and students have adopted artificial intelligence into their craft at different rates falling mostly into the early majority category. I noticed that many students were talking about ChatGPT and other AI platforms (innovators or early adopters) and then it slowly dispersed to older groups of people such as teachers and co-workers using these programs. Just like the weed spray to the farmers, AI makes our lives easier. However, easier is not always better. I have seen professors acknowledge the advantages of AI but have put parameters around student usage. They are aware that it is not going away so people have embraced the concept while implementing policies to be sure that students are learning the material needed.

Deep Learning- Technology in the classroom has become a huge advantage for both students and teachers. Not only are teachers able to use a variety of ways to present information, but students are also able to learn in a variety of ways. We see technology everywhere in our day-to-day lives, and children are beginning to use it at younger ages. It only makes sense to use the technological advantages of the world to make our classrooms better equipped to teach all learners and keep students’ attention. I think the “Connecting Depth and Balance in Class” article had some incredible examples of teachers using technology to their advantage and would like to begin thinking about how I can personally use educational technology tools to make my classroom the best place to learn.

Resources

Fullan, M. & Langworthy, M. (2014). A rich seam: How new pedagogies find deep learning. London: Pearson.  https://www.pearson.com/content/dam/one-dot-com/one-dot-com/global/Files/about-pearson/innovation/open-ideas/ARichSeamEnglish.pdf

Hobbs, R. (2011). Empowering learners with digital and media literacy. Knowledge Quest, 39(5), 12-17. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier database.

Huitt, W. (2011). Bloom et al.'s taxonomy of the cognitive domain. Educational Psychology Interactive. Valdosta, GA: Valdosta State University. Retrieved from http://www.edpsycinteractive.org/topics/cognition/bloom.pdf.

Kuhn, M. S. (2008). Connecting depth and balance in class. Learning & Leading with Technology, 36(1), 18-21. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier database.

Rogers, E. M. (1963). The adoption process II. Journal of Cooperative Extension, 1(2), 69-75. Retrieved from https://archives.joe.org/joe/1963summer/1963-2-a2.pdf.