SIMON BROOKS EDUCATION

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

Teachers! Would you like to work on expanding the range of questions you ask your students during class discussions? Catch and Pass is an...

Click here for 100 questions to ask your students during class discussion. I’m often asked what I believe to be the defining...

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...

Introducing 8 to 1: a new thinking routine for capturing the heart of the matter being studied in service of deeper understanding and...

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

What type of thinking do you make routine in your classroom? Teachers interested in building a culture of thinking ensure that they...

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

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

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...

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

Why build a culture of thinking in classrooms and schools? As educators, how might we lead lasting change? And how might schools make the...

It’s ‘appraisal’ time at your school. Appraisal. It’s just a word . . . but a word with the power to send tremors of horror down the...

Something interesting is happening in classrooms across Australia. Teachers are apologising for knowing things. I’ve seen it happen in a...

In 1986 Matthew Broderick starred in the now-iconic American comedy film – anyone, anyone – ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’, in which actor...