At last! A book that reveals what thinking looks like.
Think you can't see someone's thinking? Think again! This book reveals what happens when the normally private, hidden and undefined act of thinking is transformed into one that is public, available and explicit.
Thinking Skills and Eye Q is the world's first lexicon of visual tools - once tooled up, you can transform teaching and learning in your classroom. Thinking Skills and Eye Cue is a breakthrough in thinking. Ironically, there has been lots of fuzzy thinking about thinking skills. Caviglioli, Harris and Tindall, though, are very clear about what thinking is. In this book, they link thinking skills with visual tools and the genres that pupils encounter in every lesson. The book provides a theory of learning that oozes practicality, common sense and relevance at all Key Stages.
Thinking Skills and Eye Q is a smart tool kit, for transforming teaching and learning.
This book shows how to use 40 different visual tools to:
- infuse the teaching of the five National Curriculum Thinking Skills into subject teaching
- develop writing skills in all six genres
- show pupils how to be independent and creative thinkers and learners
- make speaking and listening, questioning and responding an integral part of all lessons
- raise IQ
Oliver Caviglioli has been using mapping in his professional and personal life for over twenty-five years. He is headteacher of a special school, and has a family, but finds time to share his skills by leading training courses in schools, on Model Mapping, Accelerated Learning and Thinking Skills.
Oliver Caviglioli, director, Model Learning
Oliver assists in training programmes throughout the UK and is a keynote speaker at conferences. Oliver co-authored MapWise, Thinking Skills and EyeQ with Ian Harris. He has seven years experience as a headteacher and has worked in education for 25 years.
Ian Harris is an educational and business trainer specialising in Model Mapping, Accelerated Learning and Thinking Skills. Ian has used Model Mapping with children of all ages and abilities during his twelve years of teaching, of which he has spent three years as a SENCO and two as a deputy headteacher.
Ian Harris, director, Model Learning
Ian heads up training in the UK and Europe. As well as writing these courses, Ian has co-authored MapWise, Thinking Skills and EyeQ and Class Maps three best selling educational books, published by Network Educational Press Ltd. His work is sold internationally.
Ian taught for 13 years, spent two years as a deputy headmaster and three years as a SENCO.
