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On Spinoza
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On SpinozaOn Spinoza

This brief text assists students in understanding Spinoza's philosophy and thinking so that they can more fully engage in useful, intelligent class dialogue and improve their understanding of course content. Part of the "Wadsworth Philosophers Series," (which will eventually consist of approximately 100 titles, each focusing on a single "thinker" from ancient times to the present), ON SPINOZA is written by a philosopher deeply versed in the philosophy of this key thinker. Like other books in the series, this concise book offers sufficient insight into the thinking of a notable philosopher better enabling students to engage in the reading and to discuss the material in class and on paper.
 
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Tags: thinking, thinker, class, philosopher, philosophy, Spinoza
More Ways Than One: Fostering Creativity in the Classroom
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More Ways Than One: Fostering Creativity in the ClassroomMore Ways Than One: Fostering Creativity in the Classroom

Current conceptualizations of children's thinking tend to be unneccesarily narrow, and to focus on what might be called "convergent" thinking. As a result, invention and innovation are often underemphasized in schools. This text aims to encourage a broad understanding of intellect, and attempts to help teachers to recognize and foster more varied forms of intellectual activity in their students. It offers a review of recent theory on creativity, conceptualizing this as a matter of getting ideas, trying the new, branching out and the like, rather than of producing artistic or scientific products.

 
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Tags: thinking, theory, recent, creativity, review, Fostering, Classroom, Creativity, offers
Comprehending Math: Adapting Reading Strategies to Teach Mathematics, K-6
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Comprehending Math: Adapting Reading Strategies to Teach Mathematics, K-6Comprehending Math: Adapting Reading Strategies to Teach Mathematics, K-6

For those who devour Comprehending Math as I did, their teaching will be clearer, bolder, more connected. And for the ultimate beneficiaries, they will have a chance to understand just how integrally our world is connected. Ellin Oliver Keene, author of Mosaic of Thought No matter the content area, students need to develop clear ways of thinking about and understanding what they learn. But this kind of conceptual thinking seems more difficult in math than in language arts and social studies. 

 
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Tags: connected, Comprehending, thinking, understanding, learn, Mathematics, Teach
Designing a Thinking Curriculum
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Designing a Thinking CurriculumDesigning a Thinking Curriculum

Designing a Thinking Curriculum responds to the challenge of disengagement in the middle years of schooling by providing teachers and administrators with ideas for the implementation of a thinking curriculum in their schools. Teachers, teacher educators and curriculum consultants describe how they have been influenced by theorists, their use of appropriate cognitive theories, and strategies they have developed that will assist students to develop higher order thinking skills. Ways of accommodating a variety of learning styles and establishing supportive school structures are also presented.

 

 

 
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20 Thinking Tools: Collaborative Inquiry for the Classroom
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20 Thinking Tools: Collaborative Inquiry for the Classroom20 Thinking Tools: Collaborative Inquiry for the Classroom

Twenty Thinking Tools is designed to support the development of collaborative inquiry-based teaching and learning through class discussion and small group work. It introduces teachers to the theory and practice of collaborative inquiry, and provides an easy-to-follow guide to the tools that students will acquire as they learn to examine issues and explore ideas.

 

 
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Tags: collaborative, Tools, Thinking, tools, acquire, Classroom, Collaborative