TY - BOOK AU - Newman,Garfield Gini AU - Case,Roland TI - Creating thinking classrooms: leading educational change for this century SN - 9781506398433 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - LB1062 .G47 2018 U1 - 370.157 N46 2018 23 PY - 2018/// CY - Thousand Oaks, California PB - Corwin A SAGE Company KW - Creative thinking KW - Study and teaching KW - Thought and thinking KW - Educational change N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Opportunities and challenges -- Thinking is the key -- Critical, creative and collaborative dimensions of thinking -- A framework for nurturing thinking classrooms -- From knowledge to deep understanding -- From skill to real-life competency -- From attitude to genuine commitment -- Engage students -- Sustain inquiry -- Nurture self-regulated learners -- Create assessment-rich learning -- Enhance learning through digital technology -- Leading a renovation, not a revolution; CoED N2 - "This is a book for school leaders in a broad sense: anyone in schools who wishes to take a leadership role whether district leaders, principals, curriculum specialists, department heads, or coaches. Anyone who leads and supports teachers. The book focuses on separating the rhetoric of school reform from the reality, analyzing what is actually happening, and offering advice that teachers can use. The reform movement shifts are threefold: 1. Reorient teaching beliefs from a discovery or didactic classroom to that of a thinking classroom 2. Focus attention on more enriched versions of the traditional education goals. Move from fostering knowledge to deep understanding, from skills to real-life competencies, and from attitudes to genuine commitments 3. Align teaching with 5 key principles- engage students, sustain inquiry, nurture self-regulated learners, create assessment rich learning, and enhance learning through digital technology This book is loaded with examples, stories, reflections, and action steps. A key attitude throughout the book is many of the changes that are being called for are already in place but need to be sharpened. There is often a need to renovate rather create a revolution. The proposed changes can be useful for teachers to affirm what they do well, refine their practice, and aspire to more substantial changes in areas that need renovation" -- ER -