The Power of Making Thinking Visible from early childhood on

Over the past few decades, education has been devoted to conquer knowledge through understanding. There is a growing awareness of the importance of encouraging higher thinking skills to seek out individual and collective... [ view full abstract ]

Over the past few decades, education has been devoted to conquer knowledge through understanding. There is a growing awareness of the importance of encouraging higher thinking skills to seek out individual and collective learning. On this session, Presenters will share young children’s work and their experience implementing the Visible Thinking approach from Harvard University with the combination of other strategies to foster children’s thinking in six preschools in Florida and other schools in America and Spain. Participants will explore the power of documentation, thinking routines and concept maps when making thinking visible in the classroom using a Thinking Based Program for youngsters.   This workshop will demonstrate how teaching for understanding through making thinking visible helps to create a culture of thinking and learning that goes beyond the classroom, fostering individuals from the early years to live balanced lives full of meaning and wisdom.