TRIP - Materials to support the development of contextualised Core Skills for the T Level in Agriculture, environment and animal care
Organisation involved: Hereford, Ludlow & Shropshire College
Peer reviewed: South Gloucestershire & Stroud College
Published date: July 2025
Brief: This T Level Resource Improvement Project (TRIP) has produced a range of learning materials, developed by an experienced T Level provider. These learning materials support the delivery of ‘critical thinking’ as a Core Skill in the T Level in Agriculture, environment and animal care.
The resources include:
- a Framework for Learning to show how the development of the Core Skill can be scaffolded and sequenced through the delivery of Core Content
- ten sequenced lesson plans which cover 20 hours of learning
- learning materials to support each lesson which enables the delivery of the 20 hours of learning
The Framework for Learning and supporting lesson plans are structured in the following way:
- introduction to critical thinking
- barriers, bias and perspectives
- arguments and reasoning
- getting the facts correct
- reasoning
- interpreting and analysing data
- reflection, evaluation and making judgements
Resources:
- Developing critical thinking skills to support contextualised decision making for a business improvement proposal (PowerPoint presentation)
- Developing critical thinking skills to support contextualised decision making for a business improvement proposal (Word document)
Link to the TRIP
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