{"id":1699,"date":"2013-10-21T19:01:48","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T19:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?p=1699"},"modified":"2013-10-21T19:01:48","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T19:01:48","slug":"learners-as-thinkers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?p=1699","title":{"rendered":"Learners as Thinkers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How do we directly improve students\u2019 abilities to think?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.thinkingfoundation.org\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1703\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?attachment_id=1703\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/david-hyerle-blog-page.jpg?fit=720%2C519&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,519\" 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=\"david-hyerle-blog-page\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/david-hyerle-blog-page.jpg?fit=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/david-hyerle-blog-page.jpg?fit=720%2C519&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1703\" title=\"david-hyerle-blog-page\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/david-hyerle-blog-page.jpg?resize=300%2C216\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/david-hyerle-blog-page.jpg?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/david-hyerle-blog-page.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The thinkabout blog by Thinking Foundation founder David Hyerle (and creator of Thinking Maps) digs into the big picture transformations of global education trends while focused on learners as thinkers\u2026 especially in Ethiopia, South Africa, Malaysia, India, New Zealand, Lithuania, Norway and Northern Ireland, the UK and US and many other places where Thinking Schools are growing from the inside out.\u00a0 How do we \u201ceducate\u201d children as they take on the role of \u201cstudent\u201d?\u00a0 How do we explicitly nurture thoughtful, mindful \u201cstudents\u201d who then take on the role of \u201cadult\u201d as they stand for gate-keeping exams (or drop out) and enter their own life of decision making?<\/p>\n<p>Read the complete blog posting including video clips with students reflections on their thinking and improved learning. Go to the Thinking Foundation website to read David Hyerle&#8217;s blog posting.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Thinking Foundation: David Hyerle Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.thinkingfoundation.org\/\">http:\/\/blog.thinkingfoundation.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>David Hyerle&#8217;s blog may also be accessed on the Thinking Schools International website at<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinkingschoolsinternational.com\/category\/davidsblog\/\"> www.thinkingschoolsinternational.com\/category\/davidsblog\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Minds of Mississipppi<br \/>\nThe Pass Christian Public Schools received a grant from Thinking Foundation to document their incredible story. The story of \u201cThe Pass\u201d began before the hurricane Katrina, continued as their whole community was \u201cwiped off the map\u201d in 2005, and has been sustained at the highest levels (2013) by staying focused on the map for improving students\u2019 thinking. Thinking Foundation proudly presents the recently premiered film Minds of Mississippi. Watch the trailer of the\u00a0 \u201cmade for TV\u201d documentary on the Thinking Foundation website.<\/p>\n<iframe width='425' height='344' src='\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m8myCJzozB4?autoplay=0&loop=0&rel=0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Thinking Foundation\u2014\u2014Thinking IS the Foundation for Learning<br \/>\nThe mission of the non-profit Thinking Foundation is to support high quality research on cognitive skills development, creativity, and critical reflection\u2014at pre-school, K-12 and college levels in order to transform learning, literacy, teaching and leadership around the world for those with the greatest need.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinkingfoundation.org\">www.thinkingfoundation.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do we directly improve students\u2019 abilities to think? The thinkabout blog by Thinking Foundation founder David Hyerle (and creator of Thinking Maps) digs into the big picture transformations of global education trends while focused on learners as thinkers\u2026 especially in Ethiopia, South Africa, Malaysia, India, New Zealand, Lithuania, Norway and Northern Ireland, the UK&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?p=1699\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Learners as Thinkers<\/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-1699","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-rp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":408,"url":"https:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?p=408","url_meta":{"origin":1699,"position":0},"title":"Collaborative NetworkingCollaboration between &#038; with Students, Educators, LeadersLocally~Regionally~Nationally~Globally","author":"admin","date":"February 27, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"27 February 2012 post by Robert Price Collaborative Networking between us in pairs, groups, schools, and global networks Collaborative Networking is one of\u00a0Thinking Schools Ethiopia's Six Starting Points of Thinking\u00a0which includes reflective questioning; thinking skills; visual mapping; collaborative networking; developing dispositions; and structuring environment. 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