{"id":1532,"date":"2013-11-23T12:33:59","date_gmt":"2013-11-23T12:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?p=1532"},"modified":"2014-01-11T12:50:54","modified_gmt":"2014-01-11T12:50:54","slug":"structuring-environment-a-thinking-environment-with-intentionality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?p=1532","title":{"rendered":"Structuring Environment &#8211; A Thinking Environment with Intentionality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/starting_points_SE_hilight.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1016\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?attachment_id=1016\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/starting_points_SE_hilight.jpg?fit=1635%2C281&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1635,281\" 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=\"starting_points_SE_hilight\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/starting_points_SE_hilight.jpg?fit=300%2C51&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/starting_points_SE_hilight.jpg?fit=750%2C128&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1016\" title=\"starting_points_SE_hilight\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/starting_points_SE_hilight.jpg?resize=486%2C83\" alt=\"\" width=\"486\" height=\"83\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/starting_points_SE_hilight.jpg?resize=1024%2C175&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/starting_points_SE_hilight.jpg?resize=300%2C51&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/starting_points_SE_hilight.jpg?w=1635&amp;ssl=1 1635w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/starting_points_SE_hilight.jpg?w=1500 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Structuring Thinking Environments<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thinking Environments, a professional development model, is an awareness,<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.eggplant.org\/images\/thinking-environ-cover.jpg?resize=175%2C208\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"208\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"7\" \/><\/span><span>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:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>with intentionality \u2014 impact the classroom and school\u2019s environment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>are crucial to the quality outcomes of the children and youth\u2019s learning experiences and how they model the children.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>become a model to how students learn to consider using their environment: in school, home and the greater community.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eggplant.org\/pdf\/thinking-environ-intro.pdf\">Download the front matter (contents and introduction) for an overview) as a pdf file<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A key to the success of Thinking Schools Ethiopia is consideration of Structuring a Thinking Environment with intentionality. When developing the &#8216;classroom environment&#8217; consideration is made to what best supports student learning.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;em&gt;The three video clips below provide examples of Thinking Schools Ethiopia educators and students engaging in discussions and modeling of classroom structures.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How do the educators and students reflections compare with one another?<\/li>\n<li>How can their decisions with structuring a thinking environment impact teacher and student outcomes?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<iframe width='425' height='344' src='\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t3xgvZTmjY0?autoplay=0&loop=0&rel=0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<iframe width='425' height='344' src='\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VEuffLf83v8?autoplay=0&loop=0&rel=0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<iframe width='425' height='344' src='\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0GOHFMAA_1A?autoplay=0&loop=0&rel=0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eggplant.org\/pdf\/thinking-environ-intro.pdf\">Download the front matter (contents and introduction) for an overview) as a pdf file<\/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 root&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?p=1532\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Structuring Environment &#8211; A Thinking Environment with Intentionality<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","gallery-content-unit","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7oKjh-oI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":412,"url":"https:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?p=412","url_meta":{"origin":1532,"position":0},"title":"Structuring Environmentwith Intentionality","author":"admin","date":"March 23, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Structuring Environment considering how the physical space is organize and resources used How the classroom, school, and surrounding area is physically structured has a great affect on\u00a0teaching and learning. 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