Over the last decade there has been in explosion of interest in how teachers can best build a culture of thinking in their classrooms, nurture students as powerful thinkers and learners, and make thinking visible. These goals are more important in times of disrupted learning than ever. Through his research and writing Dr. Ron Ritchhart has been a leader in advancing this important work. His book Making Thinking Visible, co-authored with Mark Church and Karin Morrison, did much to popularize the use of thinking routines in schools and museums around the world. However, this has not been without challenges. Some teachers merely use thinking routines as one-off activities or in a superficial way.
In the new book, The Power of Making Thinking Visible, researchers Dr. Ron Ritchhart and Mark Church share their research into just what difference using making thinking visible practices makes for students and teachers and how teachers can plan for plan to use these practices to maximum effect. When used powerfully, thinking routines not only provide teachers with a set of practices to engage students, but help advance a broader goal to create classrooms where students’ thinking is visible, valued, and actively promoted. This course will explore these ideas while engaging teachers in some of the new routines presented in the book.
Participant are required to purchase a copy of The Power of Making Thinking Visible as a text for the course. The book is available via e-book or paperback through Amazon, Amazon UK, Amazon SG, ACEL, Fishpond, or Wiley
SESSION 1
The What: Making Thinking Visible as a Practice and Goal
What are the different ways teachers can make thinking visible?
SESSION 2
The Why: Exploring the Power of MTV Practices to Promote Deep Learning
SESSION 3
The How: Learning to use Thinking Routines to Maximum effect
How can we encourage active discussion of text? A text-based discussion of Chapter 6 reading using the NDA routine.
SAPDC Book Study: "The Power of Making Thinking Visible" Please join us for a series of 7 one-hour online book study sessions to learn practical strategies you can use in any grade level classroom. One chapter will be discussed at each session.
Ron Ritchhart , Ed.D., is a Senior Research Associate at Harvard Project Zero where his work focuses on the development of school and classroom culture as prime vehicles for developing students’ as powerful thinkers and learners. Ron's research and writings have informed the work of schools, school systems, and museums throughout the world. His research is largely classroom based, learning from the best practice of teachers to better understand how they create conditions for powerful learning. Ron is an award-winning teacher and researcher, a sought-after speaker, and a prolific and influential writer. His best-selling books include Intellectual Character, Making Thinking Visible, and Creating Cultures of Thinking, and The Power of Making Thinking Visible. Ron began his career in education as elementary teacher in New Zealand before returning to the states where he taught art, third, and fourth grade as well as middle school mathematics.
Registration Fee:
$100.00
Registration Notes:
It is strongly recommended that each participant has a copy of Ron Ritchart's book "The Power of Making Thinking Visible".
SAPDC Book Study: "The Power of Making Thinking Visible" Please join us for a series of 7 one-hour online book study sessions to learn practical strategies you can use in any grade level classroom. One chapter will be discussed at each session.
Calgary Regional Consortium Book Study: "The Power of Making Thinking Visible" Please join us for a series of 7 one-hour online book study sessions to learn practical strategies you can use in any grade level classroom. One chapter will be discussed at each session.
