Developing thinking; developing learning : a guide to thinking skills in education / Debra McGregor.

By: McGregor, DebraMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Maidenhead, Berkshire, England ; New York, NY : McGraw-Hill, Open University Press, 2007Description: xii, 330 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 0335217818; 9780335217816; 033521780X (pbk.); 9780335217809 (pbk.)Subject(s): Thought and thinking -- Study and teaching | Creative ability in children | Problem solving | Creative thinkingDDC classification: 372.8 LOC classification: LB1590.5 | .M33 2007
Contents:
What do we mean by 'thinking'? -- What kind of thinking should we encourage children to do? -- Thinking and learning -- The nature of thinking programmes developed within a subject context -- The nature of general thinking skills programmes -- The nature of infused thinking -- Effectiveness of thinking programmes -- Development of creative thinking -- Development of critical thinking -- Development of metacognition -- Development of problem solving capability -- Synthesizing the general from the particular -- Professional development to support thinking classrooms -- School development to support thinking communities.
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What do we mean by 'thinking'? -- What kind of thinking should we encourage children to do? -- Thinking and learning -- The nature of thinking programmes developed within a subject context -- The nature of general thinking skills programmes -- The nature of infused thinking -- Effectiveness of thinking programmes -- Development of creative thinking -- Development of critical thinking -- Development of metacognition -- Development of problem solving capability -- Synthesizing the general from the particular -- Professional development to support thinking classrooms -- School development to support thinking communities.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-330).

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