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Issue TTC7.1

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Metacognition. What makes it special?

Steve Williams continues the professional development series with advice on how to approach the often quoted concept of metacognition or ‘thinking about thinking’.

  • 17 Jan 2007
  • 24mins
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The thoughtful adventures of Tio

Peter Driver describes how action research can give staff the conidence to answer, for themselves, the question: What do we want our curriculum, our ethos and our school to be like?

  • 17 Jan 2007
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Kate’s story

Judy Silver explains how ‘dynamic assessment’ and a programme of conceptual development changed the life of an underachieving child.

  • 17 Jan 2007
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USE AND ABUSE OF ARGUMENT

 It is vital that our ethical decisions are based on good arguments. Simon Geschwindt gives some guidance.

  • 17 Jan 2007
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When voices are heard that are usually stilled

Bill Martin explains the power the created by achieving consensus about priorities in a school.

  • 17 Jan 2007
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Concept maps

Oliver Caviglioli continues his column on visual tools with an explanation of the concepts behind concept maps.

  • 17 Jan 2007
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Curriculum innovation with imagination

Primary headteacher Richard Gerver advocates a curriculum based on skills and competencies, rather than on subjects.

  • 17 Jan 2007
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Logo Visual Thinking

Brin Best explores what teachers say about the value of LogoVisual Thinking, and links their enthusiasm to some major theories from the world of education psychology.

  • 17 Jan 2007
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Thinking morally

Don Rowe argues that primary and secondary schools should help young people develop their ability to think about moral concepts, and suggests some ways that this can be done.

  • 17 Jan 2007
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Book Review

Towards Dialogic Teaching: Rethinking classroom talk, Talk for Learning Teaching and learning through dialogue, Socratic Circles: Fostering Critical and Creative Thinking in Middle and High School

  • 17 Jan 2007
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