Holiday+Project

=Where is the best place in New Zealand for a holiday?= ===//Collaborative Project for term 1 2007: This collaborative project is open to any Kopu CLuster classroom and can be completed at any time during term 1 of 2007. This can be done by a whole class or by a group of students from your class. Just follow the steps below.//=== //**These graphic organisers may be helpful in making a decision about the best destination. **// All of these critical judgements should be based on accurate information from reliable sources.
 * ===**Download and save the Best Holiday Inquiry Outline [[file:HolidayProject.ppt]].**===
 * ===**Complete the Inquiry in your class by the end of term 1.**===
 * ===**Prepare to share your information to an audience at the "Kopu Best Holiday Destination Expo" in term 2. (You will be notified of this date early in term1 2007)**===
 * ===**Celebrate your succcess with other Kopu Classes at the Best Holiday Expo.**===
 * Skillful Decision Making**
 * Good decision makers:**
 * 1) Understand why a decision is needed.
 * 2) Consider as many options as possible.
 * 3) Consider the range of consequences of their options.
 * 4) Consider how likely these consequences are.
 * 5) Consider how significant the consequences are.
 * 1) Consider how likely these consequences are.
 * 2) Consider how significant the consequences are.

Good decision makers make sure they attend to all of the issues we can do this by reminding ourselves of key questions that reflect what good thinkers ask when they make decisions.
 * Tips for good decision making;**

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 * What makes this decision necessary?
 * What are my options? Are there any unusual ones that I should consider in the circumstance?
 * What consequences would result if I took these options? Longterm consequences? Consequences for others? Consequences I might not usually consider?
 * How likely are these consequences? Why? What is the evidence that they are likely?
 * Do these consequences count in favour of or against the options?
 * How important are these consequences, not just for me but for all those affected by them? Are some consequences so important that they should count more in my thinking?
 * When I compare and contrast the options in the light of the consequences, which option is best?
 * How can I carry out this decision?
 * Ideas and graphic organisers taken from the book.**
 * “Infusing the Teaching of Critical Thinking into Content Instruction”**
 * A lesson design handbook for the elementary grades**
 * Robert J. Swartz and Sandra Parks**
 * (1994)**
 * Chapter 2: Decision Making Pp 31-68**
 * Chapter 2: Decision Making Pp 31-68**