Steve Bowkett Ordine dei libri

While many educational books focus on creative and critical thinking skills, this ground-breaking work is the first to deal specifically with the ability to understand, question and evaluate information presented, broadly speaking, in story form.

This practical resource offers a selection of visuals, each accompanied by activities that give children practice in using their imaginations in different ways. Visualising Literacy not only explores creative and critical thinking skills but pays close attention to the over-arching thinking skill that we call imagination.

Developing Thinking Skills Through Creative Story Steps for 9-12 Year Olds is a practical and easy-to-use teacher resource helping children across a wide age and ability range to develop the skills necessary to write more effectively. Step-by-step instructions encourage children to tackle tasks of increasing difficulty while broadening their knowledge and experiences of fictional genres. With chapters separated into distinct ghost story, fantasy, science fiction, history, pirate story, thriller and Gothic horror, this Adaptable to different teaching situations, this book offers the opportunity for teachers to work through the book genre by genre or take a 'skills route' with different activities from different chapters to create their own programme of study. Fully illustrated and supporting the requirements of the National Curriculum, Developing Thinking Skills Through Creative Writing is a valuable aid for all Key Stage 2 teachers.

Jumpstart! Creativity contains over 70 games and activities that any primary teacher can use to quickly and easily boost students' creative and critical thinking skills, allowing their thinking to flourish. Now in its second edition, the book contains fresh material that will help children to engage with the new National Curriculum. Applicable across a wide age and ability range, Jumpstart! Creativity is designed to help children learn to generate, organise and refine their own ideas and to explore, question and connect knowledge presented to them in the classroom. Focusing on getting the children to do the thinking work, the jumpstarts cover: Creative thinking Creative questioning Creating reasoning Creative problem solving Creative wordplay Filled with practical, fun-packed and easy-to-do activities, Jumpstart! Creativity is an essential companion to any primary teacher looking to inspire creativity and independent thinking in their students.

How many times as a teacher have you heard the cry 'But I don't know what to write'? This all too familiar fear of the blank page can be overcome by using the wealth of practical suggestions for helping children to feel more confident as they strive to master the complex combination of skills that make up the craft of writing. Steve Bowkett, an experienced author and writer, suggests a two-pronged attack: giving children a toolkit of techniques for generating and organising ideas of their own, coupled with methods for perceiving themselves as writers - all designed to boost self-esteem and self-confidence. This book will help to motivate children (Primary and Lower Secondary) towards becoming more creative, confident and effective writers - an attitude that will lead to beneficial effects in many other areas of learning too.

Jumpstart! Philosophy in the Classroom is a treasure trove of ideas for building philosophical enquiry into the curriculum. It will offer teachers a range of quick, easy and practical techniques for developing children's understanding of philosophy and help them to 'learn how to learn'.

Jumpstart! Wellbeing is a treasure trove of fun activities and ideas for building wellbeing and its constituent skills into the curriculum. It will offer teachers a range of quick, easy and practical techniques for developing children's mental and emotional wellbeing while and linking wellbeing with the thinking skills necessary for learning. These include both creative and critical ways of thinking. The authors show how developing such skills within the context of a wellbeing agenda aids children's motivation, their ability to concentrate and their willingness to explore, investigate and question, bringing huge benefits for children's sense of achievement, self-confidence and resilience.

Featuring a variety of multi-sensory games and activities, this book aims to enhance students' problem-solving skills through engaging, hands-on experiences. Designed for teachers seeking practical and enjoyable methods to promote proactive learning, it offers a wealth of ideas to captivate and motivate pupils in their educational journey.

Earlier edition: 100+ ideas for teaching thinking skills. 2007.