The Great Debate: to vaccinate or not: ATL Skill: Thinking

ATL Visual MYP (2021). ATL Visual MYP.pdf. [online] Google Docs. Available at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17EtYRXcX7gm6lQ5L1Q2z1Z4_cefLg-4E/view [Accessed 21 Feb. 2021].

Critical thinking in problem-solving means knowing exactly what it is you are trying to solve, and that means clearly defining the problem. Begin this exercise by pinpointing a problem and then asking these kinds of crucial questions.

•  What are the details of the challenge we face?
•  What do we want to overcome specifically?
•  What do we know about this problem?
•  Why is it important to address?
•  Is this a time-sensitive problem?
•  How does it affect me, the community, or the world?
•  Where do we begin?

[Source] Wabisabi Learning

A fact can be proven either true or false. An opinion is an expression of feeling or point-of-view and cannot be proven true or false.

•  How can this statement be proven beyond a doubt?
•  Does the statement have a bias?
•  Is the statement based on verified information or assumption? How can we tell?
•  Does the statement make use of descriptive language to appeal to our emotions?
•  Is there anything misleading about this statement?
•  Are the facts reliable?
•  Are the opinions based on facts?
•  If we all agree on something, does that make it a fact?
•  How else can we verify something?

[Source] Wabisabi Learning