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Hope from India

A blog from our friend Tina Mahesh in Mumbai from the eye of the storm of the pandemic sweeping across India in April 2021. It is darkest before the dawn.

Three-minute read

Posted by Guest on 28 Apr 2021

Managing Stress and Mindfulness, Personal Leadership, Poverty, Resilience, Society, Read, Covid-19

Questions from The Working Class

Independent Thinking founder Ian Gilbert was asked to deliver a webinar for an academy group recently, drawing on the work in our best-selling book The Working Class. Here are ten questions he put to the delegates that can form part of any school's discussion when it come to 'closing the gap'.

Five-minute read

Posted by Ian Gilbert on 23 Apr 2021

Ian Gilbert, Activism, Behaviour, Motivation and Engagement, Complexity, Curriculum and Lesson Planning, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Improving Standards and Effectiveness, Neuroscience, Poverty, Relationships, School Improvement, Society, Teaching in Challenging Circumstances, Read

Using Unhomework to Supercharge Lockdown Learning - Part One

Part one of a two-part blog from Independent Thinking Associate, primary teacher and author Mark Creasy on how to improve motivation and develop independent learning through better homework during lockdown.

Five-minute read

Posted by Mark Creasy on 18 Feb 2021

Mark Creasy, Behaviour, Motivation and Engagement, Beyond Differentiation, Blended Learning, Covid-19, Creativity, Curriculum and Lesson Planning, Diversity and Inclusion, Improving Standards and Effectiveness, Questioning and Thinking Skills, Teaching and Learning, Read, Assessment and Feedback, Teaching in Challenging Circumstances

Using Unhomework to Supercharge Lockdown Learning - Part Two

Part two of a two-part blog from Independent Thinking Associate, primary teacher and author Mark Creasy on how to improve motivation and develop independent learning through better homework during lockdown.

Five-minute read

Posted by Mark Creasy on 18 Feb 2021

Mark Creasy, Assessment and Feedback, Behaviour, Motivation and Engagement, Beyond Differentiation, Blended Learning, Creativity, Curriculum and Lesson Planning, Diversity and Inclusion, Improving Standards and Effectiveness, Independent Learning, Learning Technologies, Questioning and Thinking Skills, Teaching and Learning, Teaching in Challenging Circumstances, Read, Covid-19

And It Was All A Dream

English teachers and literacy coordinators looking for ideas on how to teach students and young people to write great stories will benefit from these powerful storytelling tips from Pixar.

Five-minute read

17 Feb 2021

Improving Standards and Effectiveness, Literacy, Teaching and Learning, Wonder, Read

So You Want to Write a Book?

Advice for prospective authors when it comes to writing a book for the award-winning Independent Thinking Press.

Two-minute read

27 Nov 2020

Creativity, Teachers, Read

A Circle of Bone

A short story for our times by our resident Agent of All Things Wondrous, Dr Matthew McFall.

Two-minute read

26 Nov 2020

Dr Matthew McFall, Creativity, Difficult Conversations, Questioning and Thinking Skills, Resilience, Wonder, Read

Noticing

Use these inspiring images from Associate and photographer Jane Hewitt to help children and young people learn to stop and look at the world with new eyes.

Three-minute read

Posted by Jane Hewitt on 17 Nov 2020

Jane Hewitt, Creativity, Curriculum and Lesson Planning, Environment, Learning Technologies, Outdoor Learning, Questioning and Thinking Skills, Teaching and Learning, Wonder, Well-Being, Read

8Way Thinking

What 8Way thinking is, where it came from and how it can be used to make even the most dismal-appearing of subject matters fascinating.

Five-minute read

13 Nov 2020

Ian Gilbert, Beyond Differentiation, Complexity, Curriculum and Lesson Planning, Environment, Creativity, Independent Learning, Outdoor Learning, Questioning and Thinking Skills, Teaching and Learning, Wonder, Read

How Do I Know What I Think Until I hear What I Say?

We like the look of this new app designed to get children talking more and, as a result, thinking better.

Four-minute read

Posted by Ian Gilbert on 24 Sep 2020

Questioning and Thinking Skills, Coaching, Growth Mindset, Creativity, Read, Learning Technologies, Blended Learning, Difficult Conversations, Thunks, Wonder

A Brief History of the Written Exam

Exams are in chaos - but where did they come from? This brief history may help us answer an even bigger question - why on earth do we still have them?

Five-minute read

Posted by Ian Gilbert on 19 Aug 2020

Ian Gilbert, Education, Schools, Read, Assessment and Feedback, Research

How Thunks Helped Us Survive Lockdown

Independent Thinking Associate and primary teacher Mark Creasy shares the many ways he uses Thunks and how they have been a godsend through lock down.

Ten-minute read

Posted by Mark Creasy on 03 Jul 2020

Mark Creasy, Questioning and Thinking Skills, Covid-19, Teaching and Learning, Read, Ian Gilbert, Thunks, Complexity, Creativity, Curriculum and Lesson Planning, Behaviour, Motivation and Engagement, Teaching in Challenging Circumstances, Blended Learning

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