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All Those Thursday Thunks

Fill Yer Boots

Over the past few years, we've worked with our friends at Crown House to put out a Thunk a week during term time.

(and if you're not sure what a Thunk is, check out the Thunks Origin Story!)

That's over 140 fantastic provocations to get everyone thinking and their brains hurting.

However, like Gavin and Stacey and American democracy, all good things come to an end so we'll be doing something else this academic year.

While we work out what that might be, you can now help yourself to all 142 'Thursday Thunks'.

You can't be wrong... or right!

From the typically trivial (Can you count the stripes on an imaginary tiger?) to the sadly topical (Can a homeless child do homework?) to the deeply philosophical (Is equality the same as fairness?) to the ones just aimed at politicians (Is it a lie if you believe it?), there is something for everyone.

Use them as lesson starters, to provoke debate in tutor time, as part of your RSHE programme, to kick off staff meetings or even as curveball during an interview.

However you use them, just remember, there are no rights or wrongs. 

After all, it's not about what you know, it's about what you think.

 

About the author

Ian Gilbert

Ian Gilbert is an award-winning writer, editor, speaker, innovator and the founder of Independent Thinking. Currently based in Finland, he has lived and worked in the UK, mainland Europe, the Middle East, South America and Asia and is privileged to have such a global view of education and education systems.

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