Headteacher, Bernadette Hancock describes how thinking maps have been used at her Cardiff school in all curriculum areas, helping children to become more fluent in developing key communication skills.
Provides information and advice on recent developments in the area of cognitive education with specific reference to past, present and future research and publications produced from Exeter University's School of Education and Lifelong Learning (SELL).
Links to thinking schools across the UK.
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Visual thinking tools for educational results.
Picture the Music Create is a multi sensory teaching tool that motivates and inspires creativity.
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Working with a network of colleges and private training providers supplying key support services.
Helping schools and consortia to identify and meet the challenges of an ever changing educational environment.
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Set up by the Gatsby Charity Foundation to develop a model of effective teaching and learning drawn from research and best practice.
Links to various education websites.
Direct Attention Thinking Tools - developed by Edward de Bono.
- C&S - Consequences and Sequels
Looking ahead to see the consequences of some action, decision or rule - PMI - Plus, Minus, Interesting
Ensure that all sides of a matter have been considered before a decision or commitment is made - RAD - Recognise, Analyse and Divide
Break a larger concept into smaller, more manageable parts - CAF - Consider All Factors
Explore all factors relating to an action, decision or plan - AGO - Aims, Goals, Objectives
Focus directly and deliberately on the intentions behind actions - APC - Alternatives, Possibilities, Choices
Deliberately try to find alternatives - OPV - Other People's Views
Look at other people's viewpoints - KVI - Key Values Involved
Ensure that our thinking serves our values - FIP - First Important Priorities
Select the most important ideas, factors, objectives - DDOCA - Design, Decisions, Outcomes, Channels, Action
Direct attention to the outcome of the thinking and action that follows
See also CORT