The core teaching and learning approach drew from the theory of high road learning involving metacognition by
Salomon and Perkins (1989). Such an approach demands pushing the boundaries of concept application that
transcend localized boundaries in time and space. It often invokes the fluid intelligence across contexts. Crosscultural
applications of best practices were mindfully and critically discussed both face-to-face and online, and
explored for their current relevance. Figure 1 presents the schematic called the Cognitive Literacy Value Chain
(Gurubatham , 2005a) and is followed by a discussion of the process of activation in the teaching and learning
commonalities of underlying themes and principles for higher order thinking