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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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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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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

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

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

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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