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.

• Y Chart. If good thinking was occurring in your classroom what would you See, Feel, and Hear?

1. Qualities found in a 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."


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"

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