Creating Effective learners

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Creating Effective learners

• Leading in Learning

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Group membership

• 1 Rob Giles
• 2 Sue Medley
• 3 Dave Thompson
• 4 Jo Priscott-Jones
• 5 Colin Humphrey
• 6 Ruth Cook R

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Principles and objectives outlined in unit guide

• To assess the effectiveness of adopting National
  Curriculum Framework of thinking skills across
  school.
• To develop a common problem-solving approach
  across the school (for use within curriculum and
  pastoral areas).
• To identify relevant Thinking words for use
  within departments/subjects.
• Objective - to analyse effective thinking
  strategies within our different subject areas.

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Objectives agreed by group

• To identify how to develop thinking skills in the
  curriculum and to pilot appropriate skills in
  certain subjects.
• To determine feasibility of adopting NC thinking
  skills and problem-solving approach, throughout
  school.
• To pilot thinking skills approaches and determine
  which are successful

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Actions undertaken

• Each faculty to identify thinking words relevant
  to their subjects./ALL
• Pilot De Bono 6 Hats and thinking skills to
  specific modules of PSHE and RE
• Relate NC thinking skills to specific modules of
• of DT, Photography, Textiles./DJT, JRP, ARC
• ARC to run short INSET session on DeBono 6 Hats
• How the school could develop this with
  progression what would next steps be?/CAH
• Presentation to staff should explain terminology
  and be succinct with 5 key bullet points.

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Key findings

• Application of thinking skills in lessons
  successful however, poor provision of support
  materials for developing and teaching
  progression/mastering thinking skills.
• 6 Hats, Plus/minus, AID all easy to adopt but
  other techniques require time and training for
  teachers and students.
• Much of the thinking skills already
  incorporated in some subjects/curriculum eg
  Cre/Arts, CDT.

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Recommendations

• To make STRIDE model common practice at GAS
  (included in HW diaries).
• To add effective techniques, symbols for thinking
  strategies onto digitalbrain for teachers to
  access.
• To share examples of thinking skill activities
  which make effective starters for lessons on
  digitalbrain.
• Common thinking words and NC table to be
  displayed in all classrooms.