Inspiring Learning Are our students thinking? Lee Davis Assistant - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Inspiring Learning Are our students thinking? Lee Davis Assistant Director 5/12/14

Provocation Thinking back over the past couple of days, what do you wish you could have done that, unfortunately, you were not able to do? Why were you not able to do it?

Basic Economic Problem Scarcity The finite resources available are insufficient to satisfy all human wants and needs. “Unlimited wants but limited resources.”

Visible Thinking Presentation title over 2 lines  Deeper understanding of content Space for subtitle 20pt  Greater motivation for learning Presenter’s Name  Development of learners' thinking and learning abilities Job Title  Development of learners' attitudes toward thinking and Date learning and their alertness to opportunities for thinking and learning (the "dispositional" side of thinking).  A shift in classroom culture toward a community of enthusiastically engaged thinkers and learners. (http://www.visiblethinkingpz.org/)

“What teachers do matters” “It is critical that the teaching and the learning are visible. There is no deep secret called, “teaching and learning”: teaching and learning are visible in the classrooms of the successful teachers and students, teaching and learning are visible in the passion displayed by the teacher and learner when successful learning and teaching occurs…” (John Hattie 2009)

For further info, see: http://www.visiblethinkingpz.org/ http://www.debonogroup.com/six_ thinking_hats.php