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What attributes need to be present to support the concepts of what is powerful learning and what is powerful to learn?

Developing a Common Knowledge Base

How can teachers develop Rich Tasks?

We already have an understanding of the Big Picture
  • the Knowledge Age, the 21st century learner and 3rd Millennium Education

Now lets focus on developing;
  • A culture of thinking
  • An understanding of the learner

SOooooooooo

We need to unpack these 2 aspects first.

  • Behind the Rich Task - Setting up a Thinking Culture - Beyond the KnowledgeY Chart. If good thinking was occurring in your classroom what would you See, Feel, and Hear?



1. Qualities found in a thinking classroom

thinking classroom


What is good thinking?
"Every day thinking like ordinary walking, is a natural performance we all pick up. But good thinking, like running the 100-yard dash, is a technical performance... Sprinters have to be taught how to run the 100-yard dash; good thinking is the result of good teaching, which includes much practice."
David Perkins, Howard University


2. Characteristics of your learner
"Though there remains some lively debate over what exactly are the inherent "modules of intelligence" in the brain, there is now no question that competence comes in a variety of flavours and intelligence is exhibited in a wide assortment of behaviours.... we know enough now to encourage multiple learning approaches to match diverse learning styles and multiple ways of expressing understanding"
Bernie Trilling, Senior Director of Oracle Education Foundation, 2005

On line Resources:
Knowing the Learner - A fun online multiple intelligence test


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Adobe Portable Document Format Toward_Learning_Societies.pdf (Adobe Portable Document Format - 147k)
posted by itpdsandy   Feb 14 2007, 9:41 PM EST
Bernie Trilling Article
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posted by itpdsandy   Feb 6 2007, 10:25 PM EST
A paper by Dr Julia Atkin
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posted by itpdsandy   Feb 6 2007, 8:48 PM EST
Thinking Intersections
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posted by rjensen   Jan 22 2007, 7:47 PM EST
A Classroom Culture of Thinking
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posted by itpdsandy   Jan 22 2007, 6:21 PM EST
A Diagram showing Thinking Styles

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