Thinking for Learning (Accelerated Learning S.) - Softcover

Percival, Simon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1855390965 ISBN 13: 9781855390966

Publisher: Network Continuum Education, 2002

Synopsis

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 assessment for Learning l the best books, resources and websites embedding thinking

About this title

About the Author

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 education.

From the Inside Flap

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 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

Edition details

• Publisher: Network Continuum Education
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1855390965
• ISBN 13: 9781855390966
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 218