Course Overview
This training will provide you with practical guidance on how to embed a metacognitive approach to improve both learning and wellbeing. Our thinking ability is what makes us distinctively human. Yet we have no generally accepted approach to teaching thinking – and no common vocabulary to describe different ways of thinking. This, when you think about it, is extraordinary. Imagine trying to teach or learn maths if we did not have commonly accepted terms such as add, subtract, multiply and divide. Thinking Moves A – Z provides a vocabulary for thinking. The moves themselves are not new – we all use them in our learning and our life every day. But now we have a way of talking about how we think, and that gives us a means to work on improving the effectiveness of our thinking.
Why Attend?
Priority one of Liverpool's Education Improvement Plan is: Ensure the mental health and emotional wellbeing of children and young people are supported in order that they can flourish in their education. This training seeks to support that priority by developing self-regulation using a metacognitive approach which can be understood and used by children and teachers alike.
As part of this training you will be:
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Introduced to Thinking Moves A – Z;
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Shown how to build Thinking Moves into the main curriculum;
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Given practical guidance on how to embed Thinking Moves in your school’s overall approach to teaching and learning.
What will it cover?
- You will attend an initial 1 day training introducing you to Thinking Moves A-Z.
- You will receive 2 x Thinking Moves handbooks
- You will be further supported with a wide range of teaching resources, including online access to premium resouces and a two-weekly thinking calendar which will propose themes and activities to encourage the use and learning of Thinking Moves.
- You will have a further training session with your trainer in which we look at sustainability and ensuring a whole-school approach.
Any supplementary info
Schools must commit to attending both days of the course Day 1 and Day 2. If they do sign up to this training, but then do not attend either day they will be charged a fee of £250.
Who should attend?
Teachers or school leaders.
Course frequency
Once per term
Cost:
Free to the first 25 Liverpool schools who apply through funding offered as part of Liverpool’s Education Improvement Plan - All costs are subject to VAT. Failure to cancel or non-attendance will incur costs. All cancellations must be completed online at www.schoolimprovementliverpool.co.uk/myaccount at least 48 hours in advance