文档介绍：Mind Expanding
Teaching for Thinking and Creativity in Primary Education Mind Expanding Mind Expanding
‘An essential addition… Wegerif zooms in on the most important
ingredient of all in a learning-to-learn classroom culture - the kinds of talk
that are allowed and encouraged – and brings together both scholarly and
practical approaches in a highly fruitful and accessible way.’ Teaching for Thinking and
Guy Claxton, author of Building Learning Power, What’s the Point of School?
and New Kinds of Smart Creativity in Primary Education
‘This is a thought-provoking and readable book, which makes a very good
case for the importance of teaching thinking skills and encouraging
creativity through dialogue.’
Professor Neil Mercer, University of Cambridge, UK, author of Words and
Minds and Dialogue and Development
Teaching for Thinking and Creativity in Primary Education
There is growing interest in developing flexible thinking and learning skills in
the primary classroom but there has been little agreement as to exactly what
these skills are and how best to teach for them.
This innovative book responds to that challenge with a coherent account
of what thinking and creativity are and how they can be taught. Taking a
‘dialogic’ approach, it shows how engaging children in real dialogue is
possible in every area of the curriculum and how this can lead to more
reflective, considerate and creative children who are able to think for
themselves and to learn creatively.
Wegerif explores the ess of approaches such as Philosophy for Children,
Thinking Together, Dialogic Teaching and Building Learning Power. Using
illustrations and activities, he explains how teaching and learning across the
primary curriculum can be transformed.
This book is important reading for all primary teachers and trainees who are
looking for practical ideas for teaching thinking. It will also be valuable for
anyone who wants to understand education and thi