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Discovery Time Blog
Inspired Impact with Ron Ritchhart
A wonderful way to start the year in Palmerston North
We spent yesterday at College Street School listening to Ron Ritchhart. Ron is a researcher at Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education.
"His interest in "cultures of thinking" has led him to conduct research in such areas as intellectual character, mindfulness, thinking dispositions, teaching for understanding, creativity in teaching, and the development of communities of practice." (From his website).
You can see why it was an inspiring day!
As you are setting up your classroom for the new school year think about ways of developing 'a culture of thinking' with your students.
Check to see if these aspects are present...
Routines and structures - set up the structures that students will need to become independent in a thinking classroom.
Time - the things we give time to are the things we value. What messages are we sending in the way we organize time?
Opportunities -To be excited, to explore and to think
Modelling - in an instructional context, but also modelling who we are as a thinker, as a learner, as a reflective practitioner.
Interactions and relationships - show respect for student's thinking
Physical environment - Create an environment where the process of thinking is made visible. Wall displays etd.
Language - bring the language of thinking into everyday use.
Expectations - what kind of thinking and learning do we expect from our students - surface level thinking or something deeper?
These were my notes on some of Ron's key points but have a look at these ideas on his website for a more in depth understanding. There are a lot of parallels with what we are trying to achieve in Discovery Time.
Posted by Brenda on 27th January, 2012 | Comments | Trackbacks
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