Take a look at what we’ve been up to and what’s been happening across the globe within the thinking community… and if you have any news you’d like to share – please don’t hesitate to contact us!
Paul Tyack, educator and Thinking Matters Consultant has provided a summary of the three Keynote Presentations from this year’s International Thinking Schools Conference.
New research undertaken by the University of Exeter shows the Thinking School approach impacts greatly on the progress of pupils in both primary and secondary schools in England as measured by P8, reading progress, writing progress and mathematics progress.
Our Thinking School journey started in 2013 and we were accredited in November 2017. We set out on this journey because we felt we wanted to bring something else to East Sheen Primary School.
Thinking Matters in Egypt continue to develop, taking on board new schools and a University Faculty of Nursing.
Thinking Schools Nigeria (TSN) was established after the Greensprings School Drive Team was trained by Thinking Matters, which ended in April 2018. Since then, several training sessions on the Thinking School Approach have been organised for teachers and support staff.
Not only have Glenmoor and Winton Academies just achieved an Outstanding OFSTED inspection – their Progress 8 scores for 2018 show remarkable increased attainment and progress!
Having achieved re-accreditation as an Advanced Thinking School, Candice Wood, Thinking School Coordinator from Maidstone Grammar School for Girls, shares their reasoning behind continuing the Thinking School approach.
Rethinkers are running special workshops in Jordan’s capital, Amman, to meet the needs of Gifted Students. Aimed at International and National Schools in Jordan, workshops will be held in twilight hours over three days (12 hours training).
Thinking Matters are pleased to announce a partnership with a British-educated Chinese educationalist and entrepreneur, Garmen Chan.
This March a group of teachers from Lithuania (Alytus St Benedict‘s Gymnasium and Vilnius Salininkai Gymnasium) had a wonderful opportunity to observe how philosophy of the Thinking Schools approach works in reality.
Sharon Phillips, Year 3 teacher at Deri View Primary shares her action research findings on the impact of P4C on oracy skills and learners confidence.
Listening to Joni’s inspiring keynote address at the recent International Thinking Skills Conference, I was reminded of the pivotal role that the working memory plays in the learning process.
In the real world of education, everyone is frantically trying to ‘get it right’.