8 Strategies to Boost Critical Thinking
As we strive to prepare our students for an ever-evolving world, prioritizing the cultivation of critical thinking skills is a powerful step toward their success and empowerment.
Four ‘Circuit Breakers’ That Disrupt Student Inquiry
Creating a classroom environment where the stakes for students don’t feel quite so high, especially when exploring sensitive issues, is crucial. It can help them ask better questions and enjoy intellectual “play” in a way that ultimately leads to deeper thinking and more curious exploration of ideas.
PBL Research: A Guide to Project Based Learning
Learn about project based learning and research in education. Discover the benefits of PBL and how to implement it in your classroom. Get insights from the latest research on PBL.
How To Teach For Surface, Deeper, and Transfer Learning
John Hattie’s body of work suggests that surface learning is the foundation for deeper learning, transfer learning is crucial for success in the real world, and deeper learning is facilitated through inquiry teaching.
Project Based Learning, Inquiry Teaching, and the Power of ChatGPT
By embracing ChatGPT, we can enhance our teaching and create more powerful, project based learning experiences for our students.
Why Capturing Imagination Is Important For Deeper Learning
Getting students to learn more deeply requires their cognitive engagement and that rarely comes without them being interested. Capturing the imagination of students can take many forms and I would argue that all of them brush up against the power of questions waiting to be answered.
ThoughtStretchers Education
- The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast: Growing Identity, Agency, & Purpose With The QUESTion Project
- We’re Now ThoughtStretchers Education!
- The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast: Curiosity Lessons From Mr. Rogers
- The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast: Why Civility in Hard Conversations Is Important
- The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 342 Practically Rethinking School
