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Cultures of Thinking

In An Early Learning

Environment

Thinking LearningWhat does thinking look like?And why do we care?

Thinking is like …

Claim and Support

ConnectionsChalk TalksHow does this make you feel?What does this make you think of?

CEC

Think Pair ShareCOMBINING BRAINS AND IDEASShared art activityThink of placeOther person think of a thingWhat would be a story that would connect those

two things?

Circle of ViewpointsRole play – who are you today? Or Step Inside

“What do I care about?”

Tug of WarVisualising sides of arguments

What’s the issue?

Why do I agree?

Why do I disagree?

Continuum DecisionsChildren make a stand on something that isn’t

valuative.“my room is organised”“I like vegetables”“I help around my home”

Then, Now, LaterConflict management!

Zoom In

Questioning and Language

“children grow into the intellectual life around them” (p.88). That intellectual life is fundamentally social, and language has a special place in it. Because the intellectual life is social, it is also relational and emotional.

And the power of Silence

The power/ownership/agency is with the learner!

Question StartersWhat makes you say that?

How would it be different if...?What are the reasons...?Suppose that...?What if...?What if we knew...?What is the purpose of...?What would change if...?

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