stepinup 08 conference 8th august 2008 tony ryan thinking about thinking
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StepinUp 08 Conference
8th August 2008
Tony Ryan
Thinking About Thinking
•Encouraging self-reflective processes
•Advancing the intellectual rigour
•Creating solutions
In this session
20 specific strategies that can be sequenced to perform a wide range of thinking tasks
Earlier version; and recent version
Two stages of application:
1. Teach some / all of the Keys in the context of the learning
2. Use the Keys in sequences that best support / resolve a learning task
Thinkers Keys
1. The Question Key2. The Brainstorming
Key
3. The Perspectives Key 4. The Graphics Key
5. The Matrix Key 6. The Decision Key
7. The Info Key 8. The Commonality Key
9. The Improvements Key
10. The Rubrics Key
11. The Action Key 12. The Reverse Key
13. The Brick Wall Key 14. The BAR Key
15. The Prediction Key 16. The Ridiculous Key
17. The Three Whys Key 18. The Inventions Key
19. The Personal Key 20. The Ripples Key
The Rubrics Key for YOU
• Use the Rubrics Key to assess the quality of your own thinking in this workshop
• Can you clarify some descriptors for
•Poor; and
•Sensational
Your thinking over the next
hour?Poor effort Sensational
CreativityNo creative
juices flowing
Contributing lots of
innovative ideas
Quality of reflection
No analysis whatsoever
Always in a meta-state
Encouraging Self-Reflective Processes
Self-talk•The most critical thinking
lesson you will ever teach
•Use words such as
• I’m a legend
•School is cool
•Reinforce this self-talk every day with good modelling
Self-reflective practices
•Introduce a Learning Journal
•Use a 2Q
•What did I do well?
•What could I have done differently?
•Encourage some quiet reflection time at the end of a lesson (!!?)
Practical strategies for managing self
•Get them onto the ‘success spiral’
•Don’t just praise students. Give constructive feedback.
• Set learning goals
•Help students to understand how they learn
•Use on-task training
On-task training
Step 1. What IS the task?
Step 2. Am I on task?
Step 3. Ignore distractions
Step 4. Stick with it, and complete the task
PROMOTING INTELLECTUAL
RIGOUR
Intel question framework for Food
Essential QuestionHow can I stay healthy?
Unit QuestionsHow do my eating habits affect my health and growth? How do I plan a healthy, nutritious diet? What factors influence my food choices?
Content QuestionsWhat is the food pyramid?What is the right number of calories for me?
Curriculum-framing questions for Fairy Tales
Essential QuestionDoes happily ever after really exist?
Unit QuestionsOf all the fairy tales ever written, why has the story of Cinderella been the one to capture the hearts of so many generations and cultures? How would the Cinderella fairy tale change if a different character told the story? What would happen in a modern day Cinderella story?
Content Questions What are the elements of a fairy tale?What is point of view?In what ways are all of the Cinderella stories from around the world similar?
• Choose a specific study eg 2008 Olympics, or an issue within your specialization
• Brainstorm a key question about that study that would even ‘stretch’ an adult
• It must be a thinking challenge
• It must be relevant to the topic
• It must be (one of) the most important possible question(s) about this topic
• Rewrite the question so that it can be used with your class or group
• Use this process consistently during all planning and teaching
The intellectual rubberband
Intellectually rigourous assessment tasks??
• Technology: Constructing an Internet café in an aged care home, and monitoring its longterm worth
• Science: Developing a recycling program for the local area
• Math: Analysing school sports team performances, and offering recommendations for improvement
• Integrative: Developing a Brain Policy for your school
• English: Developing podcasts about a novel study, and challenging adults’ thinking with your presentations
CREATING SOLUTIONS
Guidelines for the
Brainstorming Key
1. Generate lots of ideas
2. Suspend all judgement
3. Create some ridiculous ideas
4. Tag onto other people’s ideas
A sequence for solution-finding
•1. The Info Key
•2. The Question Key
•3. The Brainstorming Key
•4. The Decision Key
•5. The Action Key
Boosting the thinking in your
Term 3 units
1. Include as much reflective practice as you can
2. Intellectually stretch the Unit Question
3. Develop an assessment task that is intellectually rigourous
Wrapping Up
•Your rubric
•What 3 ideas / concepts are you most likely to take further?
•Thank you
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