{"id":2033,"date":"2014-10-15T17:02:25","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T17:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?p=2033"},"modified":"2014-11-13T17:12:35","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T17:12:35","slug":"wethink-%e2%80%a2-thinking-schools-ethiopiaan-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?p=2033","title":{"rendered":"Thinking Schools Ethiopia<br>An Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thinking Schools Ethiopia is\u00a0for teachers, whole schools, educational bodies and countries who want to develop 21st Century learning and thinking environments using thinking skills with proven impact across the globe. Adopting different pathways for thinking, this is a unique, sustainable, whole school approach to learning with student centred thinking at its heart. The core pathways with the Thinking Schools Ethiopia include:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Thinking Maps <\/strong>use of visual tools to organize ones thinking (students, teachers, leaders) with visual tools that visually create a collaborative process of seeing each other&#8217;s thinking<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reflective Questioning\u00a0<\/strong>high quality questioning and listening skills<\/li>\n<li><strong>Collaborative Learning<\/strong>\u00a0includes collaborative learning for students; collegial coaching for teachers; community building for the whole school<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Learn more:<\/p>\n<p>Thinking Schools Accreditation Process and Research at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinkingfoundation.org\">www.thinkingfoundation.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thinking Schools International at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinkingschoolsinternational.com\">www.thinkingschoolsinternational.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thinking Schools Ethiopia blog which you are reading here at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\">www.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eminence Social Entrepreneurs at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eminence-se.com\">www.eminence-se.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thinking Schools International<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Whole School Change\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Whole District\u00a0\/ Region Change<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Transformational Systems Change<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Whole District \u2022\u00a0Minds of Mississippi Documentary Film \u2022\u00a0USA<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinkingfoundation.org\/mom\/\">www.thinkingfoundation.org\/mom\/<\/a><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/89465513\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"340\" height=\"275\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Whole Country \u2022 Malaysia \u2022 iThink<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ithink.org.my\">www.ithink.org.my<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/iThink-newspaper-malaysia.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2044\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?attachment_id=2044\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/iThink-newspaper-malaysia.jpg?fit=1224%2C1584&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1224,1584\" 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=\"iThink-newspaper-malaysia\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/iThink-newspaper-malaysia.jpg?fit=231%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/iThink-newspaper-malaysia.jpg?fit=750%2C971&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2044 alignnone\" title=\"iThink-newspaper-malaysia\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/iThink-newspaper-malaysia.jpg?resize=231%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/iThink-newspaper-malaysia.jpg?resize=231%2C300&amp;ssl=1 231w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/iThink-newspaper-malaysia.jpg?resize=791%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 791w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/iThink-newspaper-malaysia.jpg?w=1224&amp;ssl=1 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Whole School \u2022 Norway \/ Northern Ireland<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/89527320\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"340\" height=\"275\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Whole School System \u2022\u00a0Addis Ababa Education Bureau \u2022 Leadership Teams<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/98812419\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"340\" height=\"275\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thinking Schools Ethiopia is\u00a0for teachers, whole schools, educational bodies and countries who want to develop 21st Century learning and thinking environments using thinking skills with proven impact across the globe. Adopting different pathways for thinking, this is a unique, sustainable, whole school approach to learning with student centred thinking at its heart. The core pathways&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?p=2033\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thinking Schools Ethiopia<br \/>An Overview<\/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-2033","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-wN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2158,"url":"https:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?p=2158","url_meta":{"origin":2033,"position":0},"title":"Addis Ababa Education Bureau Model Whole School TrainingsMeri Primary School","author":"admin","date":"March 5, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Meri Primary School, an Addis Ababa Education Bureau model Thinking School is currently receiving a two day whole school training (5 & 6 March 2015 \u2022 26-06-2007 Ethiopian calendar) on\u00a0Growing Thinking Schools From the Inside Out. 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