Thinking Skills in Primary Schools

[John Simkin]

Since the explicit inclusion in the National Curriculum, interest in the teaching of thinking skills has burgeoned in the UK. Thinking skills approaches are emerging as a powerful means of engaging teachers and pupils in improving the quality of learning in classrooms. However, as programmes to enhance thinking have grown in popularity, differences in understanding of the nature of such 'skills' and the best way to tackle the underlying issues in the classroom have both widened and deepened. The aim of this website therefore is to provide information for classroom teachers working in primary schools in the UK about thinking skills programmes and approaches that are currently available.

http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/thinkingskills/

[Jean Walker]

Thanks for that link, John. Teachers here in Australia are also deep into Thinking Skills and I will advertise this site in our union publication.