1. BLOOM’s Taxonomy
Parent Information Session: Monday 23rd April 2018

2. Who is Benjamin Bloom? American Educational Psychologist
Created Bloom’s Taxonomy in 1956 to promote Higher Order Thinking in education
Contributed towards research in Mastery Learning
- pupils are taught at their level of proficiency
Pupils are assessed
Pupils given more opportunities to ‘master’ the learning or given more challenging tasks
Focus on process not content
Emphasise that Higher order Thinking Moves Away from rite learning.

3. What is Bloom’s Taxonomy?
Taxonomy: Classification
Bloom’s classifies ways of thinking from lower order to more difficult, higher order skills
These terms were updated in the 1990s

4. Classification Terms Creating Evaluating Analysing Applying
Understanding
Remembering
Evaluating
Analysing
Applying
Lower Order Thinking at bottom of pyramid, progressively moving to Higher Order Thinking. Revised Terminology.
Understanding
Remembering

5. Creating
Evaluating
Analysing
Applying
Understanding
Remembering

6. Activity
Take 2 minutes. Write down 2 questions to ask someone about the story of Beauty and the Beast.

7. Remember facts about the information.

8. Explain the ideas in the information.

9. Use the information in a new way.

10. Break down the information to understand it better.

11. Say what I think about the information and back up opinion.

12. Use information to build new ideas.

13. Activity
Now…use the question sheet to reflect on the level of thinking required for each question you created.

14. How do we use it in the classroom?
As part of Active Learning
As part of play
As part of Guided Reading
Differentiation
All Curricular Areas for feedback linked to Learning Intentions and Success Criteria (Mid-lesson and plenary)
Encouraging young people to think, question, reflect and work together
Teachers planning questioning before lessons and for Assessment

19. Skills for Learning: Bloom’s Taxonomy

20. How does it link to the curriculum?
Used to inform the Experiences and Outcomes in Curriculum for Excellence
STEM
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Skills for learning, life and work
Debating Skills
Digital Learning
Watch Video from 2.40 – 4.10

21. How does it link to the curriculum?
Higher Order Thinking Skills encourage:
  Mastery of basic skills of literacy and numeracy​
 Ability to work with others​
 Ability to cope with change​
 Well developed verbal skills​
 Decision-making and problem solving skills

22. Only some of these will apply to Primary aged pupils as sourced from further education document.
Source: technology-blooms-taxonomy

23. ‘It is important that all learners are given appropriate opportunities to develop their thinking skills. These skills can be developed across a range of contexts including through more practical or applied learning opportunities’
Curriculum for Excellence: Building the Curriculum 4: skills for learning, skills for life and skills for work, Page 8

24. Example of progression
Curriculum for Excellence: Experiences and Outcomes for Literacy

25. How can this be used at home?
Discussing stories being read
Reflecting on the school day
Questioning through play instead of directing play
Use of Digital Technology