On Thinking

RESOURCES
I’m often asked what resources should parents buy for their children. Here’s my answer:
1. Use your local library- save yourself money! If they don’t have what you want, ASK THEM TO STOCK it.
2. Although some children love filling in workbooks and worksheets, make sure you’re also encouraging lots of hands-on stuff. Buy the glue-gun, markers, [...]

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If you love finding out all about the workings of the human brain, here’s a wonderful site for you. It’s a BBC site showing the series of Reith lectures on the brain . Sample lectures/topics:

synapses and the self
The Artful Brain
Synaesthaesia (when some people literally ’see’ red when they see the number 5, or green when [...]

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I’m reading a brilliant book called “Understanding Thinking” by John Evans, and although only a third of the way through it, I have to tell you that this is an amazing book! Evans makes fascinating connections and parallels between thinkers in history, thinking models, and societal belief structures… this is so good I just have [...]

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THINKING BEHAVIOURS
Underpinning all learning and thinking are your THINKING BEHAVIOURS – also known variously as Habits of Mind or HOM (Art Costa), learning behaviours, and thinking dispositions.
Do these (or the lack of them) sound familiar in your classroom or with your children?

showing persistence in pursuing ideas and solutions (I stick to it, [...]

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