Read more about this project on the project webpage.

Teaching and Learning Strategies for the Thinking Classroom project is directed at experienced teachers, selected in teams from the same schools. They attend workshops and participate in lessons that demonstrate new teaching methods. They practice teaching with those methods under the guidance of experienced trainers, and later use the methods in lessons in their classrooms.

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You can find additional information about RWCT projects
on the Critical Thinking International website

Critical thinking has become a very popular and sought after reform movement in Latin America. In June, 2005, Critical Thinking International (CTI) initiated a new critical thinking project in Ecuador with funding from the Open Society Institute (OSI)-New York. There are two groups of about 45 participants in Quito, one Spanish-speaking and one English-speaking, and another group of 35 Spanish-speaking participants in Machala in the south of Ecuador. The groups are composed of primary school teachers, secondary school teachers, teacher trainers, and university professors. They are tentatively scheduled for a second set of workshops in October 2005. The Santillana Publishing Company in Ecuador has expressed a strong interest in publishing TC/P in a Spanish version for Ecuador. They propose to disseminate 2,000 gratis copies of two editions to Ecuadorian teachers.

Another Latin American project was initiated in Buenos Aires/Misiones, Argentina, in February, 2005. A second set of workshops was held in June, 2005, and a third set is scheduled for September, 2005, in cooperation with the OSI Step-by-Step Project in New York.

Two other countries are in the process of submitting proposals for early 2006--Uruguay and Peru. Groups in Panama, Chile, and the Dominican Republic are also interested in critical thinking projects.

In addition, Guatemala initiated an RWCT project in 2000, funded by the local office of the Soros Foundation in Guatemala City. They have now completed three generations of training, with new groups beginning all over the country. Many of the groups are serving indigenous Maya populations.