Thinking School - New Staff Online Induction - On-demand

COURSE OVERVIEW

The purpose of the course is to invite participants to consider and engage with a range of ideas around the vision of a Thinking School and the approaches to thinking and learning utilised. By so doing, they may develop and deepen their understanding, particularly about the roles of the educator and the metacognitive student, which might inform and enrich practice.

The course ideally should be accessed prior to, or soon after, a new teacher/member of staff has joined a Thinking School. Its purpose is to provide a general overview of the Thinking School approach and not to train new teachers in the specific thinking tools and strategies used within each individual school. It is anticipated that these will be introduced by school colleagues once the new teachers have familiarised themselves with their new roles.

COURSE DELIVERY & STRUCTURE

This on-demand, online course consists of five, short videos totalling no more than an hour.  The five modules covered in each video are:

1. What is a Thinking School?
2. Why a Thinking School?
3. The Archer and The Cogntive Coach
4. A Word of Metacognition
5. The Metacogntive Process

The modules provide opportunity for participants to understand the Thinking School framework and background, as well as develop a common understanding of what metacognition is and how it is developed in a Thinking School setting. Participants are also encouraged to engage in personal reading and reflection, pre and post the course and in between the sessions.

Each participant will receive a TM certificate on completion of the course.