Thinking for Learning (Accelerated Learning S.)

✍ Scribed by Simon Percival, Mel Rockett

• Publisher: Network Educational Press
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 218
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.