Visible Thinking- I’m really into this … and believe it’s worth sharing.

Once again Harvard Education has provided its readers with an excellent article & program.

Link: http://instructionalroundsineducation.ning.com/profiles/blogs/visible-thinking-harvard

Extract below from Visible Thinking.

 “Visible Thinking is a broad and flexible framework for enriching classroom learning in the content areas and fostering students’ intellectual development at the same time. Here are some of its key goals:

• Deeper understanding of content
• Greater motivation for learning
• Development of learners’ thinking and learning abilities.
• Development of learners’ attitudes toward thinking and learning and their alertness to opportunities for thinking and learning (the “dispositional” side of thinking).
• A shift in classroom culture toward a community of enthusiastically engaged thinkers and learners.Visible Thinking is a broad and flexible framework for enriching classroom learning in the content areas and fostering students’ intellectual development at the same time. Here are some of its key goals:
  • Deeper understanding of content
  • Greater motivation for learning
  • Development of learners’ thinking and learning abilities.
  • Development of learners’ attitudes toward thinking and learning and their alertness to opportunities for thinking and learning (the “dispositional” side of thinking).
  • A shift in classroom culture toward a community of enthusiastically engaged thinkers and learners.”

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Cheers Nina