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    100 questions to ask your students during discussion
    Simon Brooks
    • Apr 22, 2018
    • 1 min

    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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    Big Rock Number 4: Catch and Pass
    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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    What if I stopped rescuing my children?
    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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    Big Rock Number 3: Slow Looking
    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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    Routines in a Culture of Thinking
    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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    Opportunities in a Culture of Thinking
    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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    Modelling in a Culture of Thinking
    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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    Time in a Culture of Thinking
    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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    Language in a Culture of Thinking
    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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    Expectations in a Culture of Thinking
    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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