Download or read book Using Thinking Skills in the Primary Classroom written by Peter Kelly and published by Paul Chapman Educational Publishing. This book was released on 2005-01-21 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `The good practice points add depth to the practical nature of this book and clearly set out its intention to provide reflection for teachers to extend their own skills and practice' - Jan Baker, Head Teacher of Orchard Vale Community School 'Thoughtfully written and certainly of value to trainee teachers and those already teaching in school' - National Association for Gifted Children Newsletter Most children already display a range of thinking skills when they communicate with each another and when they talk about their interests (whether those are soap operas or car engines), and this book presents an approach for classroom practice that will encourage teachers to build on the often quite sophisticated thinking skills the children in their class already have. The author highlights points for good pratice, suggests some lesson ideas and builds in opportunities for professional reflection. Advice on the following is included: } classroom organization } approaches to collaborative groupwork } developing children's (and teachers') speaking and listening skills } building on the thinking skills that children of all abilities display } using questioning techniques to promote thinking skills in the classroom } whole-school issues. Each chapter ends with a summary of key points and there is some photocopiable material included. All teachers, teaching assistants and those co-ordinating the learning of gifted and talented pupils will find this book thought-provoking, stimulating and inspiring.
Download or read book Talk Thinking and Philosophy in the Primary Classroom written by John Smith and published by Learning Matters. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Talk, thinking and philosophy are crucial components of children′s learning. This book is a practical and readable guide to the ways in which teachers can provide children with the opportunities to develop and use these skills to their greatest effect. It begins by asking why talking and thinking should be taught and examines current approaches in this area. It goes on to look at how teachers can develop talking and thinking skills across the six Areas of Learning to help children gain confidence and deepen understanding.
Download or read book Talking Points Discussion Activities in the Primary Classroom written by Lyn Dawes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Talking Points: Discussion Activities in the Primary Classroom encourages and supports classroom discussion on a range of topics, enabling children to develop the important life-skill of effective group communication. Children who can explain their own ideas and take account of the points of view and reasons of others are in the process of becoming truly educated. This book offers a straightforward way of teaching children discussion skills within the framework of a creative curriculum. The book provides an introduction on how to help children learn the skills of group discussion, offering six essential Talk Lessons to use in the classroom, alongside suggestions on how teachers can plan their lessons with a talk focus, set learning outcomes and create their own Talking Points to suit topics they are teaching. The main body of the book contains the Talking Points resources which are an excellent, tried and tested way of stimulating and supporting extended talk about a topic. The Talking Points in this book offer model for teachers to create further Talking Points for their own classes. The Talking Points included here offer discussion in several curriculum areas including:- Science Literacy Philosophy and creativity for children History Mathematics Art and Music This invaluable book offers engaging, stimulating and thought provoking ideas for children to pit their wits against, promoting skills in discussion, analysis, reasoning and interaction. It is highly beneficial reading for teachers working in Key Stage 2, head teachers and those responsible for staff development, as well as students on teacher training courses and graduate training programmes.
Download or read book Talking and Thinking Skills in the Primary Classroom written by John Smith and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation. Talk, thinking and philosophy are crucial components of children s learning. This book is a practical and readable guide to the ways in which teachers can provide children with the opportunities to develop and use these skills to their greatest effect. It begins by asking why talking and thinking should be taught and examines current approaches in this area. It goes on to look at how teachers can develop talking and thinking skills across the six Areas of Learning to help children gain confidence and deepen understanding.
Download or read book Talk Thinking and Philosophy in the Primary Classroom written by John Smith and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Talk, thinking and philosophy are crucial components of children′s learning. This book is a practical and readable guide to the ways in which teachers can provide children with the opportunities to develop and use these skills to their greatest effect. It begins by asking why talking and thinking should be taught and examines current approaches in this area. It goes on to look at how teachers can develop talking and thinking skills across the six Areas of Learning to help children gain confidence and deepen understanding.
Download or read book EBOOK Mind Expanding Teaching for Thinking and Creativity in Primary Education written by Rupert Wegerif and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2010-08-16 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An essential addition...Wegerif zooms in on the most important ingredient of all in a learning-to-learn classroom culture - the kinds of talk that are allowed and encouraged - and brings together both scholarly and practical approaches in a highly fruitful and accessible way." Guy Claxton, author of Building Learning Power, What's the Point of School? and New Kinds of Smart 'This is a thought-provoking and readable book, which makes a very good case for the importance of teaching thinking skills and encouraging creativity through dialogue.' Professor Neil Mercer, University of Cambridge, UK, author of Words and Minds and Dialogue and Development There is growing interest in developing flexible thinking and learning skills in the primary classroom but there has been little agreement as to exactly what these skills are and how best to teach for them. This innovative book responds to that challenge with a coherent account of what thinking and creativity are and how they can be taught. Taking a 'dialogic' approach, it shows how engaging children in real dialogue is possible in every area of the curriculum and how this can lead to more reflective, considerate and creative children who are able to think for themselves and to learn creatively. Wegerif explores the success of approaches such as Philosophy for Children, Thinking Together, Dialogic Teaching and Building Learning Power. Using illustrations and activities, he explains how teaching and learning across the primary curriculum can be transformed. This book is important reading for all primary teachers and trainees who are looking for practical ideas for teaching thinking. It will also be valuable for anyone who wants to understand education and think more about what is most important in education.
Download or read book Thinking and Speaking written by Jenny Rudd O'Neill and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This resource book provides many different ways for teachers to give the whole class challenging practice in thinking, speaking, discussing, debating and listening skills.
Download or read book Learning Through Talk written by Heather Luxford and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to teach talk for learning is a practical handbook designed to help teachers and others working with 5 to 12 year olds develop some of the key skills that enable pupils to use talk effectively
Download or read book Talking Listening Learning written by Myhill, Debra and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through analysing the talk that goes on in primary school classrooms, the book examines the process of talk and learning in detail and shows how teachers’ questions, instructions and statements can support and extend children’s learning. It highlights the central influence of teacher talk on developing children’s learning and looks at international perspectives in the field, including the work of Shirley Brice Heath, Douglas Barnes, Gordon Wells, Neil Mercer and Robin Alexander.
Download or read book Thinking Skills in the Primary Classroom written by and published by Optimus Education eBooks. This book was released on with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thinking Skills in the Primary Classroom written by Matt Revill and published by . This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The activities in this book are designed to be fun and engaging whilst helping children to experience and develop vital thinking skills. Each activity has been planned to help meet the stated learning objective whilst enabling experience of a particular thinking skill. The skills covered include: comparison, evaluation, sequencing, classification, spatial perception, problem-solving, metacognition and more. This resource utilises the thinking skills approach within lesson plans organised according to the five pillars of accelerated learning. It encourages teachers to work with children to get them thinking and talking about their own cognitive processes. Whether you are already using these thinking skills as part of everyday teaching toolkits or are at the first stages of implementing such teaching, the activities in this resource will provide support in classroom activities and lessons.The lesson plans provided with Thinking Skills in the Primary Classroom contain: Detailed lesson learning objectives, resources needed and the type of thinking skills used Planning sheets describing the main activities and how to facilitate them Outlines of work and questions which can be undertaken in the plenary section of the lesson Ideas on how to engage children Opportunities to reflect and discuss learning
Download or read book Learning through Talk written by Heather Luxford and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning through Talk is a practical handbook. It is designed to help teachers and others working with five to eleven year olds develop the key skills which will enable their pupils to use talk effectively for learning. The activities within the book encourage thinking and learning across the curriculum and help pupils to improve their communication skills and become independent learners. This book provides: Advice and practical guidance on developing the essential skills of participation, collaboration, positive challenge, resolving differences and reflection A series of motivating and exciting workshop activities Photocopiable resources to support workshops with links to video material on the companion website A practical, blended resource, Learning through Talk helps teachers shift their focus to evaluate the quality of pupils’ talk as an insight into the learning process. The authors present tried and tested methods for reflection, including the use of a video diary room, an example of which is accessible online via the Companion Website. An invaluable guide for both trainee and practising teachers, this book will provide those working with children with a practical framework to improve talk and communication in their classrooms in line with current curriculum developments.
Download or read book Teaching Thinking Skills Across the Primary Curriculum written by Belle Wallace and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a practical and universal framework for the teaching of thinking skills and problem-solving across the primary curriculum, using examples of topics from the National Curriculum, classroom techniques, and tried-and-tested activities which systematically develop pupils' thinking and problem-solving skills. While accommodating the need of all learners to develop effective thinking skills, the book also caters to the need to differentiate learning activities to extend the more able learners. Written by a team of teachers who recognize the day-to-day problems that face their colleagues in the classroom, this accessible, jargon-free book will be welcomed by teachers, SENCOs and ABCOs alike.
Download or read book 365 Things To Make You Go Hmmm written by Sparky Teaching and published by Crown House Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-20 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives teachers ways to provoke thought and start discussion - something schemes of work don't always allow time for. With a curriculum that is getting increasingly content-heavy, it's important for teachers to look to develop thinking skills where they can. 365 Things to make you go hmm ... provides one opportunity a day (through questions / tasks) to develop skills like creative thinking, a sense of wonder, logic and decision-making. By getting pupils talking, classroom communities are built. Skills include: creative thinking, mathematical thinking, problem-solving, critical thinking, personal / inter-personal skills, a sense of wonder/curiosity about the world. For use by teachers from KS1 through to secondary teachers.
Download or read book Creating a Speaking and Listening Classroom written by Lyn Dawes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-10-04 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing children with opportunities to talk about their learning enables teachers to hear what children are thinking. Talking with one another allows children to question, elaborate, and reflect on a range of ideas. Classroom talk can be motivating and involving, and helps children to think and learn. And yet it is difficult to organise such talk in a classroom. Children unaware of the importance of talk for learning may think of talk as ‘just chat’ – and learning falls away as they slip into social talk. This book provides teachers with strategies and resources to enable whole classes to work together through the medium of talk. Creating a Speaking and Listening Classroom provides timely professional development for teachers. Based on a theoretical approach underpinned by classroom research, this book offers classroom-tested strategies for engaging children in their own learning. Such strategies involve the direct teaching of speaking and listening. Activities in the book can ensure that children know how and why to support one another’s learning in whole-class and group work. The approach enables teachers to ensure that personalised learning programs are based on what children already think and know. The suggested strategies for teaching speaking and listening can enable children to use one another’s minds as a rich resource. This stimulating book will be of interest to professionals in primary education, literacy co-ordinators, and trainee primary teachers.
Download or read book Critical Thinking in the Elementary Classroom written by Erin Shadowens and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2023-10-31 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even young students can develop vital critical thinking skills when they have access to rich content, meaningful opportunities to practice, and guided instruction. Critical thinking—evaluating and analyzing data to make informed judgments—is essential in both the classroom and everyday life. Teaching critical thinking skills in the elementary grades is often an afterthought—if it's a thought at all. Veteran primary teacher and instructional leader Erin Shadowens proposes that students of all ages benefit when teachers expand the definition of what is possible by engaging young learners with real challenges and supportive, accessible learning environments. In Critical Thinking in the Elementary Classroom, Shadowens * Explores the concept of critical thinking, clarifies misunderstandings, and delves into relevant research. * Introduces the Critical Thinking Framework to help nurture deep thinking in the context of content-focused lessons. * Presents case studies of the framework in action. * Shows how to apply the framework at the unit and lesson levels, addressing common instructional pitfalls along the way. * Describes how a "virtuous cycle" of assessment and feedback promotes academic achievement and critical thinking. * Illustrates how to foster an intellectual community with young learners. Ultimately, this book guides elementary teachers in supporting students to think deeply about rich content, make insightful connections, and address issues in broader, more meaningful ways, both in and outside of school.
Download or read book Primary Education Thinking Skills P E T S TM Book 1 Updated Edition written by and published by Pieces of Learning. This book was released on 2012 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "PETSTM (Primary Education Thinking Skills) is a systematized enrichment and diagnostic thinking skills program. Lessons are presented in convergent analysis, divergent synthesis, visual/spatial thinking, and evaluation, suitable for grades K-3. The program aligns to the higher levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. PETSTM 1, the red book, introduces the six thinking specialists of Crystal Pond Woods: Dudley the Detective, the convergent/deductive thinker, Isabel the Inventor, the divergent/inventive thinker, Sybil the Scientist, the convergent/analytical thinker, Yolanda the Yarnspinner, the divergent/creative thinker, Max the Magician, the visual/spatial thinker, Jordan the Judge, the evaluative thinker. Included in the 24 lessons are encounters with the animal characters who are engaged in problem-solving scenarios calling for their types of thinking -- four lessons involving each character (two whole class lessons to help identify talented learners with accompanying reproducible activities, and two small group lessons for identified students and accompanying reproducible activities). PETSTM helps build behavioral portfolios for talented learners that support a differentiated approach to their education, integrates flexibly into any existing primary curriculum, and offers opportunities for learners with different strengths to shine"--Amazon.com.
