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Informationen zum Autor Since establishing Independent Thinking 25 years ago, Ian Gilbert has made a name for himself across the world as a highly original writer, editor, speaker, practitioner and thinker and is someone who the IB World magazine has referred to as one of the world's leading educational visionaries.The author of several books, and the editor of many more, Ian is known by thousands of teachers and young people across the world for his award-winning Thunks books. Thunks grew out of Ian's work with Philosophy for Children (P4C), and are beguiling yet deceptively powerful little philosophical questions that he has created to make children's - as well as their teachers' - brains hurt.Ian's growing collection of bestselling books has a more serious side too, without ever losing sight of his trademark wit and straight-talking style. The Little Book of Bereavement for Schools, born from personal family experience, is finding a home in schools across the world, and The Working Class - a massive collaborative effort he instigated and edited - is making a genuine difference to the lives of young people from some of the poorest backgrounds.A unique writer and editor, there is no other voice like Ian Gilbert's in education today. Klappentext This book has been designed to be dipped into and to get teachers thinking ? thinking about what they do, why they do what they do and whether doing it that way is the best thing at all. Ian is well known and respected for doing things a little different from the norm. His aim is to ?enrich young people's lives by changing the way they think?. Independent Thinking Ltd, set up in 1992, employs great speakers, associates and trainers to help deliver this message. This book is a collection of the best work from his associates. Zusammenfassung In 1992 Ian Gilbert! author of the highly acclaimed Essential Motivation in the Classroom founded Independent Thinking Ltd (ITL). His aim was to 'enrich young people's lives by changing the way they think and so to change the world'. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction to Independent Thinking Ltd Ten Things You Should Know Before You Read This Book Chapter 1 On Love! Laughter and Learning by David Keeling Chapter 2 Music and the Mind by Nina Jackson Chapter 3 The Disciplined Approach by Jim Roberson Chapter 4 'Lo Mejor es Enemigo de lo Bueno' by Matt Gray Chapter 5 Peek! Copy! Do! The Creative Use of IT in the Classroom by Guy Shearer Chapter 6 How The 'Brian' Works by Andrew Curran Chapter 7 Living a Creative Life by Roy Leighton Chapter 8 Build the Emotionally Intelligent School or The Art of Learned Hope by Michael Brearley ...
