100 questions to ask your students during discussion
Teachers! Would you like to work on expanding the range of questions you ask your students during class discussions? Catch and Pass is an...
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Simon Brooks
- Apr 21, 2018
- 6 min
Big Rock Number 4: Catch and Pass
Click here for 100 questions to ask your students during class discussion. I’m often asked what I believe to be the defining...
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Simon Brooks
- Aug 18, 2017
- 4 min
What if I stopped rescuing my children?
One of the joys of my role is the opportunity to work closely with teachers from many different schools, all interested in how they might...
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Simon Brooks
- Jun 28, 2017
- 5 min
Big Rock Number 3: Slow Looking
A couple of weeks ago I was pleased to spend a wonderful day at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia. Of the many...
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Simon Brooks
- Aug 4, 2016
- 1 min
Routines in a Culture of Thinking
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST What are thinking routines? How are they different to activities? What's the difference between...
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Simon Brooks
- Aug 2, 2016
- 1 min
Opportunities in a Culture of Thinking
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST How might the replacement of low-level tasks with purposeful thinking opportunities be the single...
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Simon Brooks
- Jul 28, 2016
- 1 min
Modelling in a Culture of Thinking
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST As teachers, how do we model who we are as thinkers and learners? What is the difference between a...
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Simon Brooks
- Jul 28, 2016
- 1 min
Time in a Culture of Thinking
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Most teachers feel that there just isn't enough time in the school day. This pressure makes it hard...
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Simon Brooks
- Jun 20, 2016
- 1 min
Language in a Culture of Thinking
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST In 1978, educator Lev Vygotsky explored the idea that children make sense of the world around them...
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Simon Brooks
- Jun 19, 2016
- 1 min
Expectations in a Culture of Thinking
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST How do our EXPECTATIONS for children, rather than expectations of them, help shape a culture of...
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