Product details in brief
Introduction
The award-winning Thinking Through School helps teachers to develop critical thinking skills by using a structured story to engage students with metacognitive and independent learning. This resource will enhance thinking skills and provide them with transferable life skill.
Benefits
Thinking Through School will enable:
- pupils to think about learning and themselves as learners
- teachers and schools to effectively consult pupils about their learning
- both parties, pupils and teachers, to have fun and build trust on the way to a new and potentially stronger relationship.
- A Guide for School Leaders – a complete guide for the person who will lead the project
- Teacher’s Book – for each teacher who wishes to implement the project with a class of pupils
- Pupil Book: eLfi & Jaz – for each pupil, this book contains the story with exercises and activities
- Operator Notebook – for each pupil, this is where pupils record their thoughts and ideas in response to the activities within the text.
Summary of contents
Thinking Through School is a unique project for Year 7 pupils that aims to enhance the overall learning experience of pupils and provide them with transferable skills useful for life.
Chapter breakdown
1 Introduction
2 The story of eLfi and Jaz
3 Connecting agendas – joined up thinking
3.1 Personalised learning
3.2 School Self Evaluation
3.3 Pupil Voice
3.4 Thinking Skills
3.5 Talking to Learn
3.6 Assessment for Learning
3.7 Learning to Learn
3.8 Citizenship
3.9 Coaching
3.10 The KS3 Strategy
3.11 Behaviour and Attendance
3.12 Opening Minds
4 A model for implementation
4.1 Factors underpinning the success of an innovation
4.2 Comments from teachers
4.3 Getting started – a basic list of what you will need to do
4.4 Likely stumbling blocks
4.5 Connection lessons
5 Appendix - using research to help you understand as much as you can about what is going to happen
5.1 Developing Effective Practice Model
5.2 A new ‘Normal Desirable State’
5.3 What it begins to look like when it works
5.4 Where do you take it next?
6 References
Details
Published 2006
- A Guide for School Leaders – perfect bound, 209 x 296, 36 pages
- Teacher’s Book – perfect bound, 209 x 296, 48 pages
- Pupil Book: eLfi & Jaz – perfect bound, 200 x 257, 80 pages
- Operator Notebook – saddle-stitched, 200 x 257, 24 pages
Testimonials
“Teachers and LSAs have seen the potential to really engage learners … there have been significant developments and enhancements for all concerned.”
Rob Lodge, Secondary Strategy Adviser, Norfolk LA
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