Creative Teaching and Learning (formerly Teaching Thinking & Creativity)

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Issue 8.4

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Does thinking for learning live up to its name?

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David Moseley and Hanneke Jones of the Newcastle University Research Centre for Learning and Teaching write about problems in assessing Thinking for Learning in Northumberland schools.
Submitted On:
13/02/2009
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News

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The latest news stories
Submitted On:
16/03/2008
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iDEAS for classrooms

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Oliver Caviglioli continues his series of practical uses for visual tools with an approach to dificult conversations about pupil behaviour.
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16/03/2008
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Assessing Creativity?

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Assessing creativity may seem a contradiction in terms but Becky Lawrence reports that an assessment tool designed by a team at the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education appears to encourage creativity in the classroom. Sue Ellis provides background information on the project.
Submitted On:
16/03/2008
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Does Thinking for Learning live up to its name?

Description:
David Moseley and Hanneke Jones of the Newcastle University Research Centre for Learning and Teaching write about problems in assessing Thinking for Learning in Northumberland schools.
Submitted On:
16/03/2008
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Costs and benefits of Thinking for Learning

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David Moseley and Hanneke Jones examine the cognitive demands of Sats tests and consider the possible costs and beneits for schools that take up Thinking for Learning.
Submitted On:
16/03/2008
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Thinking in the National Curriculum

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Martin Renton looks at taxonomies of cognitive development to see if it is possible to monitor and plan effectively for progression in thinking skills within National Curriculum levels.
Submitted On:
16/03/2008
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A new primary curriculum

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Suzanne O’Connell reviews current and valuable trends in primary education based in teaching thinking and thinking creatively.
Submitted On:
16/03/2008
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Talking mathematically

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Rod Cunnigham argues in favour of Philosophy for Children as a training ground for dialogue in mathematics and suggests resources for developing mathematical thinking.
Submitted On:
16/03/2008
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Connectivitis and its remedies

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Steve Williams challenges some current orthodoxy about the teaching of writing and argues for alternatives based establishing more fruitful and reciprocal relationships between thinking, talking and writing.
Submitted On:
16/03/2008
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Book Reviews

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Thinking Allowed Philosophy for Children at Gallions primary School. Speaking and Listening through Drama 7-11.
Submitted On:
16/03/2008
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Creativity and motivation

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Ian Ingram and Mervyn Lebor explore the relationship between motivation, context and teaching. This is part of an ongoing debate between them about the nature of creativity.
Submitted On:
16/03/2008
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