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Habits of Practice

Nov 15, 2018
3 min

10 Habits of Practice in the thinking-centred classroom

Building a rich culture of thinking in our classrooms and schools is a long, complex, thrilling and challenging process (Ritchhart, 2015)...

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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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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 characterist...

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Simon Brooks

Jan 9, 2018
9 min

'Slow Looking' - A Slow Review

It’s school holiday time here in Sydney, Australia. The cicadas are singing, and long, hot summer days abound, with plenty of opportunit...

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Joanne Elmes

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 won...

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Simon Brooks

Dec 9, 2016
1 min

FREE Cultures of Thinking Conference - 25th February 2017

#CulturesofThinking #Conference #Sydney

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Simon Brooks

Dec 8, 2016
4 min

Big Rock Number 2: Reasoning with Evidence

Why might highly effective teachers in a culture of thinking make Reasoning with Evidence a BIG ROCK in their schools and classrooms? Thi...

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Simon Brooks

Oct 26, 2016
7 min

Big Rock Number 1: Discussion

What are the Big Rocks for teachers who are building a culture of thinking in their schools and classrooms? If we believe that ‘Learning...

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Simon Brooks

Aug 29, 2016
6 min

7 Big Rocks for Educators keen to build a culture of thinking

Have you ever seen the 2011 dystopian science-fiction thriller film, ‘In Time’? If not, I recommend that you invest some time in doing s...

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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 manag...

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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 mos...

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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 di...

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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 no...

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Simon Brooks

Jun 20, 2016
3 min

Creating a Culture of Thinking in the Mathematics classroom

What’s 38.5% of 120kg? Does that sound tricky? One of the wonderful benefits of being an educational consultant is the opportunity to wor...

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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 think...

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