| Description |
xiv, 367 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-350) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Demystifying Group and Organizational Culture. A New Standard for Education ; The Forces that Shape Culture ; Tools for Transformation -- 1. The Purpose and Promise of Schools. Thinking Differently about Outcomes ; Teaching as Enculturation ; Culture as the Enactment of a Story ; Enacting Our New Story, Realizing Our Vision ; Uncovering the Story of Your School or Classroom -- 2. Expectations: Recognizing How Our Beliefs Shape Our Behavior. Focusing Students on the Learning vs. the Work ; Teaching for Understanding vs. Knowledge ; Encouraging Deep vs. Surface Learning Strategies ; Encouraging Independence vs. Dependence ; Developing a Growth vs. a Fixed Mindset ; Exploring and Developing Expectations -- 3. Language: Appreciating Its Subtle Yet Profound Power. The Language of Thinking ; The Language of Community ; The Language of Identity ; The Language of Initiative ; The Language of Mindfulness ; The Language of Praise and Feedback ; Leveraging Language ; Becoming Proficient Users of the Languages of the Classroom -- 4. Time: Learning to Be Its Master Rather than Its Victim. Recognizing Time as a Statement of Values ; Learn to Prioritize and Always Prioritize Learning ; Giving Thinking Time ; Invest Time to Make Time ; Manage Energy, Not Time ; It's Time to Rethink Time ; Getting a Better Perspective on Time -- 5. Modeling: Seeing Ourselves through Our Students' Eyes. Dispositional Apprenticeship: Being Role Models of Learning and Thinking ; Cognitive Apprenticeship: Making Our Thinking Visible ; Gradual Release of Responsibility: Modeling for Independence ; Interactive Modeling: Learning from Examples, Practice, and Reflection ; Learning from Models ; Modeling for the Development of Thinking, Learning, and Independence -- 6. Opportunities: Crafting the Vehicles for Learning. Constructing Character: Using Mathematics to Understand Othello's Iago ; VoiceThread: Using Story Telling to Understand Migration ; Music 2 Save Music ; Categorizing, Recognizing, and Realizing Learning Opportunities ; Analyzing and Creating Opportunities for Learning -- 7. Routines: Crafting the Vehicles for Learning and Thinking. A Routine Is More than an Activity ; Using Claim-Support-Question to Delve into Number Theory in Fifth Grade ; More Than a Game: Differentiating Mathematics in Second Grade ; Making CSQ Fly in Secondary Mathematics ; Tools, Structures, and Patterns: Establishing Routines in the Classroom ; Making Thinking Routine in Our Classrooms -- 8. Interactions: Forging Relationships that Empower Learners. New Roles for Students: Empowering Disenfranchised Learners ; Beyond Sit and Get: Teaching Students to Build on One Another's Ideas ; Building Culture through Affect and Actions ; Shaping Interactions through Roles ; Asking "Good" Questions ; Creating New Patterns of Discourse ; Promoting Interactions that Support Thinking and Learning -- 9. Environment: Using Space to Support Learning and Thinking. New Learning in an Old Container ; Curating a Classroom ; Designing for Thinking ; Creating Environments to Enhance Learning and Build Culture: Four Fronts ; Creating Environments that Bring Out the Best in Learners -- 10. Moving Toward Transformation. A Close Look at Substantive Change ; Supporting Change on a Large Scale ; Building a Vision across a School District ; Learning Together for the Long Haul ; Creating Opportunities ; Building the Capacity of Teachers to Teach One Another ; Using Inquiry-Action Projects to Go Deeper ; Sameness and Difference in the Journey to a Culture of Thinking -- Appendix A. My Reflections on the Learning Activities in this Class -- Appendix B. Ladder of Feedback -- Appendix C. Success Analysis Protocol -- Appendix D. Looking at Students' Thinking (LAST) Protocol -- Appendix E. Six Key Principles of the Cultures of Thinking Project -- Appendix F. Laying the Foundation for a Culture of Thinking -- Appendix G. Leading a Culture of Thinking at My School -- Appendix H. The Development of a Cultur of Thinking in My Classroom -- Appendix I. Assessment Ladder -- References -- Index. |
| Summary |
"Discover why and how schools must become places where thinking is valued, visible, and actively promoted. As educators, parents, and citizens, we must settle for nothing less than environments that bring out the best in people, take learning to the next level, allow for great discoveries, and propel both the individual and the group forward into a lifetime of learning. This is something all teachers want and all students deserve. In Creating Cultures of Thinking: The 8 Forces We Must Master to Truly Transform Our Schools, Ron Ritchhart, author of Making Thinking Visible, explains how creating a culture of thinking is more important to learning than any particular curriculum and he outlines how any school or teacher can accomplish this by leveraging 8 cultural forces: expectations, language, time, modeling, opportunities, routines, interactions, and environment. With the techniques and rich classroom vignettes throughout this book, Ritchhart shows that creating a culture of thinking is not about just adhering to a particular set of practices or a general expectation that people should be involved in thinking. A culture of thinking produces the feelings, energy, and even joy that can propel learning forward and motivate us to do what at times can be hard and challenging mental work"-- Provided by publisher |
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Thought and thinking -- Study and teaching
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Critical thinking -- Study and teaching
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Cognition in children
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Educational change -- United States
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| Added Title |
Eight forces we must master to truly transform our schools |
| ISBN |
978111897460 |
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1118974603 |
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