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Creating cultures of thinking : the 8 forces we must marshal to truly transform our schools.

by Ritchhart, Ron.
Type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, 2015Description: 367 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. paperback.ISBN: 9781118974605.Subject(s): Thought and thinking -- Study and teaching | Effective teaching | Critical thinking -- Study and teaching | Cognition in children | Visible learning | Visible thinking | Social SciencesSummary: Explaining how creating a culture of thinking is more important to learning than any particular curriculum, the author outlines how any school or teacher can accomplish this by leveraging 8 cultural forces: expectations, language, time, modeling, opportunities, routines, interactions, and environment.
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Explaining how creating a culture of thinking is more important to learning than any particular curriculum, the author outlines how any school or teacher can accomplish this by leveraging 8 cultural forces: expectations, language, time, modeling, opportunities, routines, interactions, and environment.