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  •            GUIDES FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS

  • Thinking in Education


     

    Thinking in Education by Matthew Lipman
     (Second Edition) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

    Argues that critical thinking is not sufficient and sets out the case for infusing thinking in education to develop reasoning and judgment by teaching philosophy and developing a community of enquiry.

  • Changing Children's Minds


     

    Changing Children's Minds: Feuerstein's Revolution in the Teaching of Intelligence by Howard Sharron and Martha Coulter (Paperback - Jun 1987)

    Contains information about Feuerstein's Instrumental Enrichment program and sets out the case that intelligence is modifiable.

  • The Learning Teacher Series

    NEW PUBLICATIONS IN THE LEARNING TEACHER SERIES
    Learning to Think publication Teaching for Understanding publication Fostering Creativity publication Different in Similar Ways publication
    Learning to Think: from teaching skills to developing minds Teaching for Understanding: from coverage to comprehension Fostering Creativity: a hard look at soft thinking Different in Similar Ways: making sense of learning styles

    by Ian Smith
    The titles in this series are written for those who help young people to learn in classrooms and schools. Each tackles an important but complex topic, and provides a short (typically less than 35 sides of A4) accessible insight into an aspect of how we learn. 

    You can purchase these books on-line at
    www.learningunlimited.co.uk/publications/learningteacher.html
     

  • Children as Philosophers

     

    Children as Philosophers: learning through inquiry and dialogue in primary classrooms. by Joanna Haynes London: Routledge Falmer


    An accessible and thought-provoking book that balances an exploration of theoretical and critical considerations of using philosophy in the classroom with examples of children working as philosophers. Based on research by the author with primary school students, and full of practical suggestions for teachers.

  • Teaching Thinking in Europe


      

    Hamers J.H.M and Overtoom M.T (1997) Teaching Thinking in Europe: Inventory of European Programs, Utrecht, Netherlands, Sardes

    Summarizes issues in teaching thinking in an introductory theory section, then describes over 40 programs and approaches organized according to their specific the aims.

    www.jhm-hamers.nl/index.html

  •  For activity books please look under curriculum resources. Thank you.

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