This book examines fake news, bias, and the importance of media literacy in today's information environment. It helps young readers understand how misleading information and bias can influence news reporting and public understanding. The book encourages readers to evaluate information carefully, recognize potentially unreliable sources, and develop critical thinking skills when reading or viewi…
Want to harness the power of curiosity to foster students’ love for learning in your classroom or school? From their youngest years, our children are innately curious. They explore the world around them through play, imagination, and discovery. They build meaning, they create understanding, and they unabashedly share their learning. It’s in this process that they find joy in life and rel…
Far too often, our students attain only a superficial level of knowledge that fails to prepare them for deeper challenges in school and beyond. In Teaching for Deeper Learning, renowned educators and best-selling authors Jay McTighe and Harvey F. Silver propose a solution: teaching students to make meaning for themselves. Contending that the ability to "earn" understanding will equip student…
Want to make learning more meaningful in your classroom? Looking to better prepare your students for the world of tomorrow? Keen to help learners create authentic connections to the world around them? Dive into Inquiry beautifully marries the voice and choice of inquiry with the structure and support required to optimise learning for students and get the results educators desire. With Dive into…
The long-awaited follow-up to Making Thinking Visible, provides new thinking routines, original research, and unique global case studies Visible Thinking―a research-based approach developed at Harvard's Project Zero - prompts and promotes students' thinking. This approach has been shown to positively impact student engagement, learning, and development as thinkers. Visible Thinking involves …
How can we . . . Help students see themselves in a more positive, confident, and personally fulfilling light? Cultivate the conditions for agency and equity in our classrooms and schools so all learners can thrive? Shift education so that our students become more empowered, more competent, and more compassionate young people? Trevor MacKenzie takes another deep dive into inquiry as he exami…
A proven program for enhancing students' thinking and comprehension abilities Visible Thinking is a research-based approach to teaching thinking, begun at Harvard's Project Zero, that develops students' thinking dispositions, while at the same time deepening their understanding of the topics they study. Rather than a set of fixed lessons, Visible Thinking is a varied collection of practices, …