Dear Carlo Columba,
Thanks for sharing my article on revamping a critical thinking course with your readers. Actually, revamping a course and infusing a bit of deep thinking and creativity is not so hard as you might think.
And tools like 6 Thinking Hats has worked with kids as low as 5-6 years old, meaning anyone can practice at basic thinking skills without too much hassle, and it can be great fun, too.
The 2 major problems with transforming a course or infusing more thinking activities, is finding the time transform and assessing the students.
But, if you are passionate about it, you will find the time. As for assessing, well be comfortable with using rubrics, collaborative activities, relevant projects, and being more subjective (being as objective as you can).
Assessing requires more work, as you need to reflect more their work (open minded), but if it that can enhance the learning process, and perhaps infuse more authentic learning that has more impact beyond just scoring in the exam, we should keep on trying.
Good luck and hopefully students are allowed to think more and have some fun while doing so. It is amazing how fun learning can be when we can relax, think deeply and laugh about it.
Have a great day learning!
Warm Regards,
Zaid(Learn)