Full Description
This resource is for any busy teacher looking to enrich their lesson planning and support the development of critical thinking, problem-solving, and metacognition skills. Designed for use in Grades 5-10, each of these 21 tools is paired with a real-world issue or ethical dilemma to guide students through complex social, emotional, and intellectual topics and can even be used within your existing lessons.
Every chapter introduces a different visual thinking tool and a step-by-step approach for a range of topics from challenging bias and promoting self-awareness to reflecting on social interactions. Stories from the classroom and world, a range of ethical issues, and student and educator examples illustrate how the tools can be used.
Ideal for in-service teachers in Grades 5-10 across content areas regardless of curriculums, these tools will inspire your students to be open-minded and actively engage in classroom discussions while developing new and different perspectives about themselves, your lessons and the world around them.
The 21 Harbord & Khan Thinking Tools © featured in the book are available to download for classroom use at www.routledge.com/9781032662923.
Contents
Introduction 1. The Bias and Fairness Toolⓒ: Mindset Measure 2. The Building Blocks Toolⓒ Understanding My World 3. The Circles Toolⓒ: Digging into Dilemmas 4. The Clock Toolⓒ: Time is Ticking 5. The Design For The Need Tool©: Criteria Checklist 6. The Detective Toolⓒ: Gathering Evidence 7. The Ethical Charter Toolⓒ: Package Your Ideas 8. The Ethical Equation Toolⓒ: Find a Solution 9. The Go Earth Toolⓒ: Which Way Do I Go? 10. The Inquiry Builder Tool©: Adding It All Up 11. The Knowledge Twister Toolⓒ Truth and Lies 12. The Myself Toolⓒ: Same or Different? 13. The Orange Sun Tool©: Shine a Light 14. The Plus-Minus Toolⓒ: Game of Numbers 15. The Points of View Toolⓒ: No Judgment 16. The Polka Dot Toolⓒ: Spots Before My Eyes 17. The Snowman Toolⓒ: An Emotional Scale 18. The Thinking Generator Tool©: Problem-Solver 19. The Time Tunnel Toolⓒ: Looking Forward, Looking Back 20. The Transfer Toolⓒ: Making Connections 21. The Zig-Zag Toolⓒ: Everything to Gain
