100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Developing Thinking Skills

by Steve Bowkett

Thinking skills are the cornerstones of effective learning. When children are familiar with their 'thinking toolkit' they will engage more actively and confidently with the knowledge and information you teach them. In this brand new edition, author and education consultant Steve Bowkett offers 100 tried and tested activities and techniques to help children become more creative, analytical and flexible in their thinking.

Whether you are an experienced teacher or you are just starting your teaching career, there are strategies in this book that you can apply across a wide age and ability range and areas of the primary curriculum. Dip in and use the activities as 'mind warm-ups' and lesson starters, or combine techniques to form the basis of whole topics and more extended programmes of study.

Genres: Teaching

121 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Steve Bowkett was born and brought up in the mining valleys of South Wales. He started writing for pleasure at the age of thirteen and had his first book published in 1985.

Steve's background is in education. He taught English for 18 years though is now a full-time writer, storyteller, educational consultant and also a qualified hypnotherapist.

In his time he has written fantasy and SF for teenagers, adult and teen horror, romance, mainstream fiction for pre-teens, fiction and non-fiction for younger readers and poetry for all ages. He has also published a number of educational books, principally in the fields of literacy, creativity, thinking skills, philosophy and emotional resourcefulness. To date Steve has published over eighty titles plus numerous short stories and poems.

Reviews

[Citra Rizcha Maya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sebagai guru, buku ini sangat bermanfaat bagi saya.

Buku ini memberikan 100 ide kreatif untuk meningkatkan keterampilan berpikir.

Tujuan utama mengembangkan keterampilan berpikit bukanlah sekadar membantu anak menjadi lebih beeprestasi di sekolah, tetapi juga memenuhi potensi mereka dalam kehidupan secara umum.
Seiring beekembangnya keterampilan berpikir anak, maka anak akan semakin menyukai kegiatan berpikir, menghargai keberhasilan diri mereka atau orang lain, serta memenuhi potensi mereka sebagai pembelajar.

Buku ini mengajak guru untuk membuat anak-anak menjadi menyukai kegiatan berpikir. Sangat bermanfaat bagi guru dan orang tua.