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Introduction

In making an enquiry, the learner (students) bears the major responsibility for learning. However, given the limited level of experience, knowledge and skills that they possess, students will encounter hurdles as they start out on their learning journey. In a general sense, what teachers need to do is to facilitate student learning by providing scaffolds. They should help their students by breaking down challenging learning tasks into manageable “chunks” and by indicating possible directions and means

Teachers may choose to make use of mental tools (e.g. mind maps, thinking models) to promote students’thinking; or they may develop students’ abilities through applying generic skills to tasks (e.g. problem-solving tasks, creative processes) (please refer to section 4.4.1 & 4.4.2 of the curriculum document for details).

The exemplars below demonstrate how thinking tools can help students to learn the issues related to different modules. Teachers are encouraged to adopt the thinking tools into other issues / contexts according to their learning and teaching strategies.

Also, this is noted that the use of thinking tools should not be limited to nurturing students' generic skills and knowledge. Some of the exemplars below demonstrated thinking tools can also help students to reflect and re-organize one's viewpoints and beliefs.

Exemplars

Tools
(Exemplars / Issues)		 Content Tools
(Exemplars / Issues)		 Content
2x2 Thinking Tools
(Exemplar / Issue：Media & Understanding Oneself) 		Pie Chart
(Exemplars / Issue: Identities & Identification of Hong Kong Residents)
Worksheet for Group Discussion
(Exemplar / Issue：Sino japanese relations)
[ Chinese version only ]		 Worksheet for Discussion Forum
(Exemplar / Issue：Sino japanese relations)
[ Chinese version only ]
Graphic Organizer for fostering skills of interpreting cartoons
(Exemplar / Issue: Globalization) 		Graphic Organizer to compare and contrast information from different sources
(Exemplar / Issue：News Reports on the Government's Fiscal Policy)
Graphic Organizer for analysing newspaper editorials
(Exemplar / Issue：Pre-school Education Vouchers) 		-- --

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