On Thursday, 4 members of staff went to see Eric Fragenheim (Rodin Educational Consultancy) in Palmy. Nick and Kirsty went to one of his presentations previously. Eric's presentation was excellent being very practical and applicable to classroom action... Some key points included: - RAS Alert- tell your pupils what they are learning, why it is relevant and what to look for.
- Perception Check- find out what pupils are thinking, understanding...
- Imprecise question leads to imprecise thinking.
- Intelligence is a behaviour...
- Reflection and transfer of new ideas is essential for better understanding.
- Multiple Intelligence Model and Learning Styles.
- Blooms Taxonomy and Higher Order Thinkings Skills.
Some Specific Tools:
- Scavenger Hunts- gets pupils involved and primes/ introduces ideas, texts...
- T-Chart
- PMI
- Extended PMI
- PMImprove
- SWOT
- KWL- learning log, teacher assessment
- CAF- Consider All Factors
- Extent Barometer
- Tournament Prioritiser
- Decision Making Matrix
- SeeSaw
- Y Chart
- Silent Card Shuffle
Thoughts, ideas and questions raised:
- Look at our Inquiry Model and align it to Blooms Taxonomy including; HOTs, thinking skill verbs, thinking strategies...
- Add "Create" to the end of our Inquiry Model- Create- action, inform, make, publish...
- When planning a unit- consider how Blooms and thinking strategies can be integrated...esp HOTs
- Linked to "Hooked on Thinking..." Deeper Questions leads to Deeper Thinking...
- Goal Setting using Tournament Prioritiser/ PMI/ SWOT
A great day and so much to think about... BUT I have some activities and ideas I want to use in my class tomorrow!!!!
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