Recognising time as a statement of your values
Investing in time to make timeInvest time right from the very beginning to creating a culture of thinking where thinking is valued, visible and actively promoted.
The expenditure of time within the first week of school to establish routines, build community, create patterns of discourse, focus on big ideas, and set an agenda of understanding is a common characteristic of classrooms/ schools that are a culture of thinking. |
Learning to prioritise and always prioritising learning
When working to build a culture of thinking in our education context, there are a few key principles we want to be sure we are giving time to:
Managing energy, not time
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Giving thinking timeLearning is a consequence of thinking! Complex cognitive processes or more contemplate, creative responses take time to construct. At least a 3 second wait time. Rowe (1986) explains that "to grow a complex thought system requires a great deal of shared experiences and conversations. It is in talking about what we have done and observed, and in arguing about what we make of our experiences, that ideas multiply, become refined, and finally produce new questions and further explorations. When we consider time not as periods of the day but as a cultural force sending messages about what we value and shaping students'learning, we take a step toward thinking about time differently, toward changing our paradigm with regard to time. |