Inspirational teaching – inspired learning

James Nottingham @JamesNottinghm

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Scandinavians talk about ‘curling parents’

Number of words heard by children

A child in a welfare-dependent family hears on average 616 words an hour

A child in a working-class home hears on average 1,251 words an hour

A child in a professional home hears on average 2,153 words an hour

Number of words spoken by the time children are 3

500

700

1100

Hart &Risley, 1995

By the time they start school in the UK …

Some children

start school

knowing 6,000

words.

Others, just

500 words.

Rowntree Foundation

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/ma

gazine/8013859.stm

Self-fulfilling prophecies

Rank order should not matter … Progress is the key to learning

92

85

73

64

43

32

90

86

78

70

41

35

90

85

84

78

40

34

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

30

50

65

90

Using graphs to show progress

Independent and

intellectual

Like to be different

Intuitive and

sympathetic

Vague & careless

Sharp and quick-

witted

Procrastinator

Strongly

determined

Self indulgent

Very versatile and

adaptable

Inconsistent

Shrewd and

cautious

Indecisive & moody

Broad-minded and

expansive

Bossy & intolerant

Practical and

diligent

Overcritical & harsh

Easygoing and

sociable

Prone to daydream

Powerful and

passionate

Obsessive

Intellectual and

philosophical

Tactless & restless

Very disciplined and

focused

Fatalistic

Aquarius Pisces Aries

Taurus Gemini Cancer

Leo Virgo Libra

Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn

The Learning ChallengeC

larity

Con

fusio

n

1. Concept

2. Conflict

21

ANALYSE

ANTICIPATE

APPLY

CAUSAL-

LINK

CHOOSE

CLASSIFY

COMPARE

CONNECT

CONTRAST

DECIDE

DEFINE

DESCRIBE

DETERMINE

DISCUSS

ELABORATE

ESTIMATE

EVALUATE

EXEMPLIFY

EXPLORE

GENERALISE

GIVE

EXAMPLES

GIVE

REASONS

GROUP

HYPOTHESI

SE

IDENTIFY

INFER

INTERPRET

ORGANISE

PARAPHRA

SE

PREDICT

QUESTION

RANK

REPRESEN

T

RESPOND

SEQUENCE

SIMPLIFY

SHOW HOW

SOLVE

SORT

SUMMARISE

SUPPORT

TEST

VERIFY

VISUALISE

A selection of thinking skills

Eureka moments come from challengeC

larity

Con

fusio

n

1. Concept

2. Conflict

3. Construct

2

1

3

Kriticos = able to make judgements

Critical Thinking

Comes from the

Greek, Kriticos

Meaning: able to make

judgements

Source:

www.etymonline.com

P4C and thinking skills

“No programme I am aware of

is more likely to teach durable

and transferable thinking skills

than Philosophy for Children”

Robert Sternberg

President of the American Psychological Association

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