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    Thinking

    (it’s not as easy as it looks!)


    Where do you see yourself?

    bring it on...
    IC..huh? amaze me!
    Warm – Up
    ( Analytical into Creative)

    Think of an animal.
    As a group complete the following :

    THINKING IS LIKE ..... (name of an animal)


    BECAUSE 1………..
    2……….
    3……….
    Do we really want
    students to think?

    Teacher directed - means nothing changes. The teacher is in control and “has all the knowledge”.
    Self directed – gives the students some control over their own learning. They have to think more for themselves and make
    their own decisions while the teacher can become a facilitator.

    How do we want students to work at school?


    To be Teacher directed or Self directed?
    Or both?
    One of the biggest issues we face is sorting through the various approaches that different people have developed.
    Habits of Mind, Multiple Intelligences, Thinking Styles, de Bono’s Hats, Bloom’s Taxonomy and so on.
    Do we really want
    students to think?

    Teacher directed - means nothing changes. The teacher is in control and “has all the knowledge”.
    Self directed – gives the students some control over their own learning. They have to think more for themselves and make
    their own decisions while the teacher can become a facilitator.

    How do we want students to work at school?


    To be Teacher directed or Self directed?
    Or both?
    One of the biggest issues we face is sorting through the various approaches that different people have developed.
    Habits of Mind, Multiple Intelligences, Thinking Styles, de Bono’s Hats, Bloom’s Taxonomy and so on.
    Have you heard of...

    Bloom's Original Taxonomy! Anderson's Revised Taxonomy


    Knowledge! Remembering
    Comprehension! Understanding
    Application! Applying
    Analysis! Analysing
    Synthesis! Evaluating
    Evaluation! Creating
    Have you heard of...
    Social Cognitive theory Six Hats
    Thinker’s Keys

    Multiple Intelligences Habits of Mind

    Anderson’s revised T.o.m.a.t.o.e.s.


    taxonomy S.c.a.m.p.e.r.

    S.c.u.m.p.s. Bloom’s Taxonomy

    Whole Brain Learning Styles C.a.m.p.e.r.


    Theory Divergent thinking model
    Extended Brainstorming
    Game theory
    Bloom's Original Taxonomy! Anderson's Revised Taxonomy
    Knowledge! Remembering
    Comprehension! Understanding
    Application! Applying
    Analysis! Analysing
    Synthesis! Evaluating
    Evaluation! Creating
    What can we do to
    encourage/promote
    student Thinking?
    GROUP BRAINSTORM

    STEP 1:
    In a circle in the centre of the page, draw
    a
    symbol
    that represents what good thinking is all
    about.
    GROUP BRAINSTORM
    DIRECTIONS:
    Step 2.
    Draw lines radiating
    from the circumference
    of the circle to begin a creativity
    simple web, ? ?
    At the end of the lines,
    write attributes of good ? ?
    thinking or some of the
    qualities of good thinkers. ? ?
    ?
    NOW…

    As a group, can you decide what


    is at the heart of all
    good thinking :

    What are three essential ingredients?


    If we are going to teach Thinking
    what do we need to understand?

    We need to understand that the different styles, and combinations of them, can reflect the dominance of different areas of
    the brain.
    We also need to understand what the different styles mean in terms of teaching and learning.
    It is important to understand the expectations of the different styles in terms of learning.

    This helps to ensure that a lesson is balanced in terms of addressing the needs of all learners.
    The challenge for us!
    It is important to recognise that we must be careful not to allow our own Thinking Style preference to dominate the
    classroom. We need to learn how to present in all four styles.
    So, what about the Tools
    available to support/
    provoke student thinking?

    Mind Maps & brainstorming


    Graphic Organisers
    The Internet
    Collaborative sites
    For Brainstorming etc
    So how do we make sense of all this?

    By obtaining an idea of each student’s Thinking Style, we can help them to consolidate their strengths and, hopefully, to
    develop their weaker areas.
    Earlier I referred to all the different approaches to Learning and Teaching that have been developed.
    It is all about challenging your students to think about what they are doing and extend them by developing other ways of
    looking at things.
    Choose an approach you think you will be comfortable with, but don’t be afraid to try other ideas as you gain confidence.
    Of course, one of the greatest challenges we face today is student engagement (or lack of).
    It is therefore important to create conditions where students will engage themselves.
    By empowering students to take control of their own learning are they more likely to be better motivated?
    Creating an awareness, for them, of their preferred Thinking Style as well as encouraging the use of the other styles will
    challenge them to become better thinkers and may help motivation.
    WHAT ARE YOUR
    THINKING STRENGTHS?
    European research has linked responses to visual images to
    thinking strengths.

    Do you feel you are better at :


    Analysing? …..
    Creative Thinking? …. or
    Critical Thinking??
    INTELLIGENT

    CRITICAL THINKING STRENGTHS

    STRONG IN DECISION MAKING AREA


    ANALYTICAL THINKERS

    WANTS TO SEE ALL SIDES

    STRENGTHS – DEFERRING JUDGEMENT


    CREATIVE THINKERS
    STRONG IMAGINATION

    VISIONARY & LEADERSHIP


    STRENGTHS
    PRE - OCCUPIED
    WITH SEX AND BOOZE

    IT’S A WONDER THEY CAN THINK


    AT ALL!!!
    Mr Osborne may I be excused? My brain is full!

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