Newton Ferrers

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Newton Ferrers

• Slides for Website

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The Thinking School Programme
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David Hyerle's Thinking Maps

• A language for learning
• Thinking maps are 8 visual tools for thinking.
• Each one is a visual representation of a specific
  thinking process
• Defining in context
• Describing
• Comparing and contrasting
• Classifying
• Wholepart analysis
• Sequencing
• Identifying cause and effect
• Seeing analogies and connections

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Some powerful thinking tools and strategies

• Costas Habits of Mind
• David Hyerles Thinking Maps
• Blooms Taxonomy
• De Bonos 6 Hat Thinking
• CoRT (Cognitive Research Trust)
• P4C Community of Enquiry

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• Thinking Maps and Thinking Hats are tools
• Habits of Mind are ways of being

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• Habit is a cable we weave a thread of it each
  day, and at last we cannot break it.
• Horace Mann, Educator

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• Habits of Mind are what I do when I dont know
  the answer.
• Student, St. Cuthberts College N.Z.

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Benefits of Tony Ryans Thinkers Keys

• Easy to use and explain
• Familiar object- unlocking thinking
• Encourage children (and adults) to
• Look at things differently
• Think divergently
• Think creatively
• Brainstorm ideas
• Listen to others ideas
• Share their ideas

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Interpretation Key

• Describe an unusual situation and then think of
  some different explanations for the existence of
  that situation.
• Eg. The butterfly is laughing. Give 3 reasons
  to explain why.
• The clown is crying
• The monster is laughing
• A chocolate chip cookie is rolling down the hill
• Now its your turn!

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Community of Enquiry

• Develops a philosophical approach to thinking
• Encourages the language of dialogue and
  discussion
• Develops empathic listening skills
• Creates the space for collective wisdom to
  emerge

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6 Hat Thinking Edward de Bono