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Thinking for Learning looks at the place
of different thinking skills approaches in delivering
a twenty-first century education. It is a practical
book held together by an extensive range of detailed
case studies. The authors have skilfully collected the
arguments for and against a thinking skills approach,
described the different ways of enhancing thinking and
shown what is possible in the classroom. If you have
begun, or are about to begin, developing a thinking
for learning approach in your school, then this book
will help you on your journey.
Included in the book:
- how to select a thinking for learning
approach
- guidance on staff development
- effective design of activities
- whole school approaches
- the pros and cons of what is available
- the best questioning techniques
- sample schemes of work
- implementation of the NC Thinking
Skills
- ssessment for Learning l the best
books, resources and websites
- embedding thinking
Back cover
In the twenty-first century, education
needs to do more than treat pupils like empty chalices
to be filled with the elixir of knowledge. In these
days of rapid change, citizens need to know how to think
Ð to reason, to make informed choices, to adapt they
need to have at their disposal the tools to enable learning
to continue throughout their lives.
The growing knowledge evolving from
classroom-based studies and brain research is pointing
the way towards a practical approach to a more useful
education: Thinking for Learning. This amalgamation
of Thinking Skills and Accelerated Learning helps provide
pupils with the expertise for the modern world and
teachers with workable strategies to help them.
Chapter by chapter, the authors guide
you through the developments that have led to Thinking
for Learning and provide ideas for how the underpinning
theory can be transferred into practice.
Thinking for Learning includes:
- A brief explanation of key developments
in Thinking Skills
- Its principles and how they translate
into practice
- Questions for learning
- Why classroom talk is so important
- The importance of Emotional Intelligence
and how to develop it
- Useful assessment
- Developing the right environment
- What an infusion lesson is and how
to structure it
- Practical strategies that can be
adapted for any classroom
- How to develop a Community of Enquiry
- Different methods for developing
Thinking for Learning in your school
- Combining its implementation with
your professional development
About the authors
Mel Rockett is a senior adviser
with Northumberland LEA where he has worked with groups
of teachers and staff from the University of Newcastle
in developing Thinking Skills strategies for use in
the classroom in all phases of education. Mel taught
in both primary and secondary schools for 20 years.
He developed a strong interest in how pupils learn during
this time. He was seconded from his school in North
Yorkshire to co-ordinate the Yorkshire and Humberside
Flexible Learning project before moving to Northumberland.
Simon Percival is a writer and
a trainer in Accelerated Learning. His own teaching
experience encompasses secondary, sixth form, TEFL and
prison education, all of which he draws upon in his
training days. He is a frequent visitor to UK schools,
where he chronicles the application of Accelerated Learning
throughout the country. Simon is currently working on
a series of books for children that utilises Accelerated
Learning and Thinking Skills to assist cross-curricular
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