Rationale has a range of resources for learning and teaching in schools, colleges and universities.
More about Rationale
- Tour
- Video: the people behind Rationale tell the story of its development and how it improves critical thinking skills
- Getting started with Rationale
- 6 steps to better critical thinking
- Subscribe to Ratatouille, the Rationale e-newsletter
Resources
- Primary
- Educator Guide (a conceptual framework for using Rationale)
- Primary Educators’ Supplement (a practical guide with activities, examples and templates)
- Primary Map Pack (map samples for primary level users)
- Educator Guide (a conceptual framework for using Rationale)
- Secondary
- Educator Guide (a conceptual framework for using Rationale)
- Secondary Educators’ Supplement (a practical guide with activities, examples and templates)
- Secondary Map Pack (map samples across the curriculum for secondary level users)
- Educator Guide (a conceptual framework for using Rationale)
- Tertiary
- Educator Guide (a conceptual framework for using Rationale)
- Student exploration
- College and University resources – contact Dr Fiona Patterson
- Educator Guide (a conceptual framework for using Rationale)
Online learning
These exercises are designed for use in Rationale – look for the links in the explore panel. Preview them here: These resources are for viewing online, or through the Rationale explore panel:Professional development for educators
Research
- Research into Argument Mapping
- Argument Mapping Improves Critical Thinking: a paper by Charles Twardy
- Does Philosophy Improve Critical Thinking Skills?: Masters Thesis by Claudia Alvarez
Articles
- “Teaching Critical Thinking: Some Lessons from Cognitive Science” from College Teaching, 2005 by Tim van Gelder
- “Provoking Students into Thinking” from Compak, February 2007 by Fiona Patterson
- “The critical edge” , The Age, 26 March 2007 by Yanna Rider
- “The rationale for Rationale™” from Law, Probability and Risk, Advance Access Oct 2007, by Tim van Gelder.
