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Zusatztext 'For any teacher who wants clear, practical advice about the delivery of courses focused on thinking skills, this book will be extremely helpful. The authors' enthusiasm for developing vital skills is infectious, and their guidance is rooted in the realities of the classroom.' Mike Wells, former Deputy Head and Head of Sixth Form, UK Informationen zum Autor Ruth Matthews is 14-19 Strategy Development Officer at Telford and Wrekin Council, UK. She has taught Key Stage 4 courses and in further and higher education. She has over 15 years' experience of working for leading UK and international awarding bodies, including developing assessment and teaching materials for thinking skills qualifications. Klappentext Designed to provide a complete guide for teachers of thinking skills, reasoning and critical thinking to 14-19 age groups, everything you could need to be a thinking teacher is packed into The Thinking Teacher's Toolkit, including: . an introduction to what thinking skills are, why you are equipped to teach them and how you can apply your previous experience . clear approaches to preparing to teach, whether you are a coordinator seeking guidance on setting up a thinking skills course from scratch, a thinking teacher putting together thought-provoking lesson plans or a subject teacher looking for ideas on integrating critical thinking skills across the curriculum; and . advice on how to handle assessment, including information on a variety of qualifications available internationally. In addition, there is a companion website containing tools for developing your professional expertise, answers to frequently asked questions, handouts for pupils and PowerPoint's to use in the sample lessons. This is the ultimate toolkit for any teacher wanting to improve their students reasoning and problem-solving skills. Vorwort A complete guide to planning for and teaching critical thinking in schools, whether for discrete assessment or to improve analytical skills across the curriculum. Zusammenfassung A guide to planning for and teaching critical thinking in schools, whether for discrete assessment or to improve analytical skills across the curriculum. With an introduction to what critical thinking skills are, it is suitable for the teachers wanting to improve their students reasoning and problem-solving skills. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction \ Part 1: Tools for Teaching \ 1. The starting point \ 2. Approaches to Teaching Thinking and Reasoning Skills \ 3. Planning a Course \ 4. Planning a Lesson \ 5. Resource planning \ Part 2: Tools for Enriching Achievement \ 6. Background and benefits \ 7. Integrating the skills \ Part 3: Tools for Assessment \ 8. Preparing for assessment \ 9. Managing the assessment process \ Index Online supplement: Tools for Developing your Professional Expertise \ FAQs \ Training \ Further reading \ Why not be an examiner? ...
