Simon Brooks
10 Habits of Practice in the thinking-centred classroom
Building a rich culture of thinking in our classrooms and schools is a long, complex, thrilling and challenging process (Ritchhart, 2015)....
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Simon Brooks
Apr 22, 20181 min read
100 questions to ask your students during discussion
Teachers! Would you like to work on expanding the range of questions you ask your students during class discussions? Catch and Pass is an...
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Simon Brooks
Apr 21, 20186 min read
Big Rock Number 4: Catch and Pass
Click here for 100 questions to ask your students during class discussion. I’m often asked what I believe to be the defining...
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Simon Brooks
Apr 5, 20172 min read
New Thinking Routine: 8 to 1
Introducing 8 to 1: a new thinking routine for capturing the heart of the matter being studied in service of deeper understanding and...
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Simon Brooks
Dec 8, 20164 min read
Big Rock Number 2: Reasoning with Evidence
Why might highly effective teachers in a culture of thinking make Reasoning with Evidence a BIG ROCK in their schools and classrooms?...
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Simon Brooks
Oct 28, 20162 min read
New Thinking Routine: What happens next?
What type of thinking do you make routine in your classroom? Teachers interested in building a culture of thinking ensure that they...
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Simon Brooks
Aug 29, 20166 min read
7 Big Rocks for Educators keen to build a culture of thinking
Have you ever seen the 2011 dystopian science-fiction thriller film, ‘In Time’? If not, I recommend that you invest some time in doing...
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Simon Brooks
Jun 20, 20161 min read
Language in a Culture of Thinking
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST In 1978, educator Lev Vygotsky explored the idea that children make sense of the world around them...
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Simon Brooks
Jun 20, 20163 min read
Creating a Culture of Thinking in the Mathematics classroom
What’s 38.5% of 120kg? Does that sound tricky? One of the wonderful benefits of being an educational consultant is the opportunity to...
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Simon Brooks
May 11, 20163 min read
The 95% Dilemma
It’s ‘appraisal’ time at your school. Appraisal. It’s just a word . . . but a word with the power to send tremors of horror down the...
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Simon Brooks
Apr 7, 20164 min read
Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher
Something interesting is happening in classrooms across Australia. Teachers are apologising for knowing things. I’ve seen it happen in a...
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Simon Brooks
Apr 3, 20164 min read
What makes you say that?
In 1986 Matthew Broderick starred in the now-iconic American comedy film – anyone, anyone – ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’, in which actor...
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