Simon Percival, Mel Rockett

Thinking for Learning (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781855397156
• Artikelnr.: 40645152

Autorenporträt

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 education.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the first edition
Foreword by Alistair Smith
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 - Thinking
Chapter 2 - Thinking pupils
Chapter 3 - Thinking teachers
Chapter 4 - Thinking schools
Chapter 5 - Thinking about change
Appendix A - Tuckswood First School
Appendix B - Allendale First School
Appendix C - Byrness First School
Appendix D - Kinsale Avenue First School
Appendix E - Hempnall School
Appendix F - St Benet Biscop School
References
Further reading and resources
Top thinking websites
Index