‘Before and during the early stages of the thinking skills movement of the past 20 to 30 years, the ‘brain-mind’ was often called a ‘black box’, an unknown and unknowable mystery.’….. It was during the mid-1980s ‘thinking’ or ‘thinking skills’ became popular in schools.
As an academy for students with Autism/Complex needs, the development of thinking skills is a fundamental part of our students’ learning and impacts positively on all areas of their development both academically and pastorally.
In 2012 Maidstone Grammar School for Girls (MGSG) transferred our online learning platform to Google for Education, now known as the G Suite for Education.
“How the use of thinking skills are transforming our lessons”.