Striving for Higher Richard Coe Darren Anderson

We are in danger of losing great teachers from our profession if we dont encourage teachers to help students think – creatively and critically. Malorie Blackman - new Childrens Laureate

Y map LOOK SOUNDFEEL

Oliver Wendell – Holmes 3-Storey Intellect There are one storey intellects, two storey intellects, and three storey intellects with skylights……

Oliver Wendell – Holmes 3-Storey Intellect All fact collectors (gatherers) who have no aims beyond their facts are one storey people……

Oliver Wendell – Holmes 3-Storey Intellect Two storey people compare, reason, generalise, using the labour of fact collectors as their own…….

Oliver Wendell – Holmes 3-Storey Intellect Three storey people idealise, imagine, predict – their best illumination comes from above the skylight

Evaluation

Questioning for higher Ones first step to wisdom is to question everything – and ones last is to come to terms with everything Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Research shows overwhelmingly that: Teachers use memory questions in over 70% of their teaching time; (Gove WILL be pleased) Teachers overemphasise fact questions in tests and exams; Questions in textbooks are predominantly memory or fact questions. Karron G Lewis ~ Centre for Teaching Effectiveness,

Q Matrix IsDidCanWouldWillMight What Where /When Which Who Why How

If we expect pupils to engage in more creative and stimulating thought processes, we, as teachers must encourage them by asking higher level questions. Karron G Lewis ~ Centre for Teaching Effectiveness,

8 way Thinking (Ian Gilbert) and the Multiple Intelligences (Gardner) Logical/Mathematical Verbal/Linguistic Interpersonal Intrapersonal Naturalistic Body/Physical Musical Visual/Spatial

8 way thinking simplified Numbers Words People Feelings Nature Actions Sounds Sights

Ian Gilbert model for looking at Howard Gardners Multiple Intelligences Model. There are also some parallels with De Bono hats If developed you could also link to Wendall- Holmes 3 Storey Intellect and Q Matrix

How much beer is drunk in the UK each Friday night? Where does the word 'beer' come from? Who invented beer and why? What sort of emotions do advertisers try and associate with beer in their marketing? What are the natural ingredients of beer and where are they grown? What are the various stages in the beer-making process? What songs have been written about beer and its effects? In TV and magazine advertising, how is beer portrayed?

INTRODUCE 8 WAY THINKING Evaluation Reasons Potential Outcomes

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things a different way Edward De Bono

Design a Restaurant 1. Decide on the number and nature of the parameters. Ask Would this challenge exist without the parameter I am considering? 2. Design a box with parameters 3. Explore combinations 4. Decide on preferred possibilities 5. Make recommendations

We are in danger of losing great teachers from our profession if we dont encourage teachers to help students think – creatively and critically. Malorie Blackman - new Childrens Laureate