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Thinking Dispositions: A review of current theories, practices, and issues - 0 views

learnweb.harvard.edu/...Dispositions.htm

Readings dispositions Critical Thinking

shared by Tom March on 15 Mar 09 - Cached
  • Good thinkers certainly have thinking skills. But they also have more: Motivations, attitudes, values and habits of mind all play key roles in good thinking, and in large part it is these elements that determine whether people use their thinking skills when it counts.
    • Tom March
      Tom March on 17 Mar 09
       
      This is the key behind "Dispositions." Yes, people need the skill/abiity to think critically, but this doesn't tend to happen unless they have a desire to do so.
  • What Kinds of Thinking Dispositions Are There?
    • Tom March
      Tom March on 17 Mar 09
       
      This is where other frameworks for thinking could be used as well. If a school has been working with Art Costa's Habits of Mind or Robert Marzano's Dimensions of Learning, these can be used here. The main point is that "enculturation" is the solution, not "teaching" critical thinking.
  • a disposition is something we want students to evidence on their own ─ without being pushed or prompted to evidence it"
    • Tom March
      Tom March on 17 Mar 09
       
      Suggestion: this is where an online space, focused on intrinsically motivating experiences is an asset. Changes in thinking and motivation require substantial time and repetition.
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  • culture of thinking
    • Tom March
      Tom March on 17 Mar 09
       
      Here's a link to their current work on "Thinking Routines." Here
  • What does it mean to be a good thinker?
    • Tom March
      Tom March on 31 Mar 09
       
      This is the essential question?
    • Tom March
      Tom March on 31 Mar 09
       
      Let's read this with a How-to perspective.
Tom March

Visible Thinking - 11 views

www.pz.harvard.edu/...05a_SWCT.html

Thinking Prompts

shared by Tom March on 02 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Tom March on 02 Mar 11
     
    "Developing thinking dispositions-whether it is a disposition to strive for understanding, to figure out the complexities of fairness, to seek truth, or hunt for creative solutions-occurs within a cultural context. It is within cultural contexts that we develop our patterns of behavior and thinking that become our habits. Therefore, Visible Thinking uses an enculturative approach to develop students' thinking, immersing students in a rich culture of thinking in schools and classrooms."
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