Thinking for Learning (Accelerated Learning S.)

This practical book is peppered throughout with specific examples of how teachers have used thinking for learning in their classrooms. The authors present the arguments for and against a thinking skills approach and describe different ways to enhance thinking. They show you what is possible in your classroom, including: • Different methods for developing thinking for learning • Strategies for developing the right environment • Guidelines for developing a community of inquiry • The importance of emotional intelligence and how to develop it • Questions for learning • Teaching strategies that can be adapted to any classroom • Useful assessment methods Grades K–12. 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 Looking at the place of different thinking skills approaches in delivering a 21st-century education, this practical book is held together by a wide range of case studies. It details the arguments for and against a thinking skills approach and describes the different ways of enhancing thinking.