{"id":1873,"date":"2014-04-24T16:56:17","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T16:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?page_id=1873"},"modified":"2014-04-24T16:56:30","modified_gmt":"2014-04-24T16:56:30","slug":"structuring-thinking-environments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?page_id=1873","title":{"rendered":"Structuring Thinking Environments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Structuring Thinking Environments<\/strong><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1874\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?attachment_id=1874\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/thinking-environ-cover.jpg?fit=700%2C829&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,829\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"thinking-environ-cover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/thinking-environ-cover.jpg?fit=253%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/thinking-environ-cover.jpg?fit=700%2C829&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1874\" title=\"thinking-environ-cover\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/thinking-environ-cover.jpg?resize=253%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/thinking-environ-cover.jpg?resize=253%2C300&amp;ssl=1 253w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/thinking-environ-cover.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/>Thinking Environments, a professional development model, is an awareness, understanding and a process focused upon the design, interface and impact with the environment of the physical learning space. The environment is \u2018The Third Teacher\u2019 (Reggio Emilia) where we focus on designing the physical space with the \u2018Image of the Child\u2019 as a root understanding. The \u2018Image of the Child\u2019 (Reggio Emilia) respects and understands the child\u2019s frame of reference in regards to how children see, sense, use and interface within the environment. The teacher\u2019s decisions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>with intentionality \u2014 impact the classroom and school\u2019s environment.<\/li>\n<li>are crucial to the quality outcomes of the children and youth\u2019s learning experiences and how they model the children.<\/li>\n<li>become a model to how students learn to consider using their environment: in school, home and the greater community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eggplant.org\/pdf\/thinking-environ-intro.pdf\">Download the handbook front matter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Structuring Thinking Environments Thinking Environments, a professional development model, is an awareness, understanding and a process focused upon the design, interface and impact with the environment of the physical learning space. The environment is \u2018The Third Teacher\u2019 (Reggio Emilia) where we focus on designing the physical space with the \u2018Image of the Child\u2019 as a&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?page_id=1873\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Structuring Thinking Environments<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1873","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","gallery-content-unit","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7oKjh-ud","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":541,"url":"https:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?page_id=541","url_meta":{"origin":1873,"position":0},"title":"Thinking Schools","author":"admin","date":"February 9, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"What is Thinking Schools Ethiopia? 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