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Thinking Deeply

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Metacurriculum- Building Deeper Levels of Understanding

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Thinking Deeply

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Middle Years Parent Information Evening

Thinking Deeply: Shifting from Content to Deep Understanding

Context

Early Years• Early Learning Centre (3-4y/o)• Prep-Year 4

Middle Years• Years 5 -8

Later Years• Year 9- Making Connections

Program• Years 10-12

Metacurriculum

• Metacurriculum

• Thinking Moves

• Thinking Routines

Metacurriculum

Deeper Levels of

Understanding

Learning to Learn

Strategies

Integrative Mental Images

Language of Thinking

Encompass Intellectual

Passions

Teaching for Transfer

How do you know when you understand something?

Thinking Moves

Observing closely and describing what's there

Reasoning with evidence

Building explanations and interpretations

Considering different points of view

Capturing the heart and forming conclusions

Making connections

Wondering and asking questions

Uncovering complexity and going below the surface of things

Evaluating SourceThe trouble with social networking By Michelle CrawleyI doubt I am the first person to notice the crazed hype surrounding; 'Facebook', ''Twitter' and other online social networks that are allegedly; “taking over our lives”. I realise that people swear by it, but people also swear by nail polish to fix ladders in tights – it does not mean it is a guarantee. I can see the addictive charm. As much as I love being able to keep up with family abroad and friends who live far away, I loathe being bombarded by invitations to events, that I have no interest in attending or from people who have not had an actual conversation with me in years. I view social networking sites as essentially a platform, to show off to people; where you have been, what you’re up to and how popular you are. A copious number of the 'friends' are people you know, not people you would call close friends. They say you can count your close friends on one hand; well, according to these sites, you would need 5 pairs of hands, if not more to list out your best buds.

Answering Questions

What was the ‘Book of the Dead’? 1 Mark

• Write a paragraph, giving four reasons why the Nile River was so important to the Ancient Egyptians. 4 Marks

Did women have the same status as men in Ancient Egyptian society? Explain your answer.

HeadlinesA routine for capturing the essence

• 1. If you were to write a headline for this topic or issue right now that captured the most important aspect that should be remembered, what would that headline be?

• 2. How has your headline changed based on today's discussion? How does it differ from what you would have said yesterday?

Step InsideA routine for getting inside viewpoints

• What can the person or thing perceive?

• What might the person or thing know about?

• What might the person or thing care about?

I am the setting sun. As I say goodbye to another day, I hear the chirps, grunts and roars of the jungle life as they call out farewell. I long to stay, illuminating the tropical forest as the animals circle the depths of the jungle. Toucans and lorikeets fly by stretching their wings and touching the tips of the treetops. Sometimes I wish I was one of the apes huddled in the mangroves, the whole night ahead of them. The children sit and play, while the mothers pick fleas out of their head, helping themselves to the closely hanging orange groves. But I think as I disappear for another night, the moon smiling as he takes my place high in the sky, maybe I am lucky. Without me, the wildlife wouldn’t be able to live their lives. I wink and whisper “See you soon.” as the last part of the sunlight fades and the jungle is black once again.

HeadlinesA routine for capturing the essence

• 1. If you were to write a headline for this topic or issue right now that captured the most important aspect that should be remembered, what would that headline be?

• 2. How has your headline changed based on today's discussion? How does it differ from what you would have said yesterday?

HeadlinesA routine for capturing the essence

• Forming Conclusions:– Narratives– Persuasive texts– debates

• Titles:– Poems– Narratives

• Language Devices:– Metaphor– Analogy– Comparisons– Imagery & Symbolism

Pedagogy of Space

Implementation

Teachers

StudentsParents

• Teachers:– Professional Learning

Teams– Classroom Observation– Links with Harvard

• Online courses• PLT with Mark Church

• Parents:– Parent Forums

Dear Wayne,A conversation after the Thinking Deeply @ Gen Parent Forum,

• Steph: Mum, when are you picking me up to go to the orthodontist tomorrow?

• Mum: I’m not. The appointment is on Friday. • Steph: But it is in my diary for tomorrow.• Mum: No sweetie, it’s on Friday.• Steph: It’s in my diary for tomorrow. Mum, where’s your evidence?

Now we know where she is getting her ideas from!