Contents
About the authors
Foreword by Professor Carol McGuinness
Introduction and overview
ONE Improving general thinking: the principles
TWO Cognitive conflict: creating and managing challenge
THREE Social construction: encouraging productive talk
FOUR Metacognition: becoming conscious of thinking
FIVE Putting it all together in a lesson
SIX Thinking and the curriculum
SEVEN How we did it: some examples of implementation
EIGHT Professional development for teaching thinking
NINE Cognitive acceleration and other big ideas
TEN Does cognitive acceleration work?
Appendices
1 Curriculum Analysis Taxonomies
2 Assessing levels of cognitive development
3 Key information
References