The Private Eye® 5X Looking/Thinking by Analogy - A Guide to Developing the Interdisciplinary Mind

The Private Eye® (5X) Looking / Thinking by Analogy: A Guide to Developing the Interdisciplinary Mind by Kerry Ruef. (The Private Eye Project, 2003, 1998,1992) 240 pages. K-16 through life. Profusely illustrated in black and white. This best-selling introduction to The Private Eye program will propel you and your students into worlds of wonder and intellectual growth. You ll discover the drama and wonder of looking closely at the world, thinking by analogy, changing scale and theorizing and how The Private Eye s simple "tools" produce "gifted" results. Whether you re teaching science, language arts, art, math and/or social studies, you ll be amazed at how students love the process: with a jeweler's loupe, everyday objects and The Private Eye s simple questions you ll accelerate and magnify thought as students write, draw, theorize and invent. Learn how the loupe (a magnification tool with a simple but amazing difference) can improve student concentration and attention to detail Use the loupe + The Private Eye s simple but powerful questions to vastly improve student writing, drawing and theorizing See examples of student work Over 200 lesson plans, ideas and ticklers to enrich the five core disciplines This book takes the reader on a journey of discovery that incorporates science, art, literature, and creative thinking. The author leads the reader through the creative process, quoting writers and scientists and presenting solid scientific research. Open, study, and explore this book and discover the treasures waiting within. Dolores Choat, Science and Children (NSTA) After looking through the book, I felt like I'd walked in the front door of heaven. What really impresses me is the scientific learning that you've built into observation, and the chance to draw. I think how you've tied thinking by analogy and theorizing with the loupe is spectacular. Ann H. Zwinger, naturalist, author of The Mysterious Lands; Downcanyon

Author Kerry Ruef is a dynamic, innovative educator whose goal is to give kids (and adults) the most efficient and powerful intellectual tools for success in life. She is also a poet, writer, amateur naturalist, and former classroom teacher. . The seeds of The Private Eye Project sprouted when she began seeking the habits of mind that are common denominators behind painters, poets, scientists, inventors, businesspersons, salespersons, great learners, and great teachers. By 1988 she d arrived at a theory, encapsulated in The Private Eye process. On a four-year grant from the Discuren Foundation, she piloted The Private Eye process in The Seattle Public Schools. In doing so she introduced jeweler s loupes (as a thinking tool) to the world of education, and identified the concept of thinking by analogy as the most powerful means to magnify minds. Students showed remarkable gains in ability to communicate, think creatively, and problem-solve. To date the nationally-acclaimed Private Eye program has spread to thousands of teachers (kindergarten through college) and over two million students in the United States and Canada.