Thinking skills | Centre for the Use of Research & Evidence in Education (CUREE)

Creating a professional learning community through thinking skills

Aim: The aim of the study was to examine the development and impact of teaching strategies and techniques that have been used within the Geography Department at All Saints High School since September 2003.

How can we teach Year 7 pupils to work creatively and independently across the curriculum?

Aim: To teach year 7 pupils how to access/retrieve information effectively; To teach pupils strategies to assist them to work co-operatively; To encourage pupils to transfer the skills learnt in other subjects; and To inspire pupils to work creatively.

Moving towards a more innovative and creative curriculum

Aim: To develop a more creative curriculum in foundation subjects and Science across Key Stage 1 and 2, to create a more personalised curriculum incorporating key life skills that could transfer into life long learning skills and to improve the use of the local area and increase out of classroom learning experiences.

Developing a policy of inclusion with differentiation using TASC: thinking actively in a social context

Aim: The aims of the project were to improve our whole school lesson planning, classroom delivery and pupils activities, personalise learning with pupils developing their skills of self-evaluation and self-monitoring and focus on developing their problem-solving and thinking skills.