Independent Thinking
eBook - ePub

Independent Thinking

  1. 200 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Independent Thinking

About this book

Think for yourself before someone does it for you. The first in a new series by and for people who know how important it is to think for yourself. Written by Independent Thinking founder Ian Gilbert, this book is an invaluable collection of reflections, ideas and insights on the nature of learning, thinking, creativity and, drawing on Ian s experience in three continents, the role education has in changing not only people s lives but also entire societies. Combining articles published in the UK, Middle East and South America plus examples of his controversial online postings and Tweets with new observations and insights and at least 100 Twittered Thunks or Twunks this book is the informed ramblings of a passionate educationalist who has made a significant difference to classrooms for over 20 years and has earned the right to speak his mind.

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Information

Publisher
Independent Thinking Press
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9781781350553
eBook ISBN
9781781350799
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Education General

Contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Dedication
  3. These Are My Thoughts Get Your Own
  4. 42 Uses for This Book
  5. Thunks
  6. Real-Time History
  7. Observations
  8. The Pigness of a Cow
  9. Observations
  10. A Ten-Step Parent Guide to Supporting a Childā€™s Learning in the Early Years
  11. Whatā€™s the Point of Education?
  12. Thunks
  13. Advice I
  14. Observations
  15. On Feedback
  16. An Alternative Good School Checklist
  17. Observations
  18. Indignez-vous ā€“ Et Eux
  19. Observations
  20. How to Write a Book
  21. Does It Know?
  22. Observations
  23. You Donā€™t Want Quits
  24. Observations
  25. It Will Only Take One Word to End Cake Sales for Good
  26. Trust Your Gut
  27. Donā€™t Let Them Tell You
  28. Thunks
  29. Independent Thinking as a Refusal
  30. Observations
  31. Observations
  32. On Starting a Revolution
  33. Thunks
  34. Learning Makes Your Brain Fat
  35. Drawing Class
  36. Observations
  37. Of Ducks and Lighthouses
  38. Observations
  39. Do You Have a Philosophy of Education?
  40. Observations
  41. Slow Children
  42. Observations...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Praise
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. These Are My Thoughts Get Your Own
  7. 42 Uses for This Book
  8. Thunks
  9. Real-Time History
  10. Observations
  11. The Pigness of a Cow
  12. Observations
  13. A Ten-Step Parent Guide to Supporting a Childā€™s Learning in the Early Years
  14. Whatā€™s the Point of Education?
  15. Thunks
  16. Advice I
  17. Observations
  18. On Feedback
  19. An Alternative Good School Checklist
  20. Observations
  21. Indignez-vous ā€“ Et Eux
  22. Observations
  23. How to Write a Book
  24. Does It Know?
  25. Observations
  26. You Donā€™t Want Quits
  27. Observations
  28. It Will Only Take One Word to End Cake Sales for Good
  29. Trust Your Gut
  30. Donā€™t Let Them Tell You
  31. Thunks
  32. Independent Thinking as a Refusal
  33. Observations
  34. Observations
  35. On Starting a Revolution
  36. Thunks
  37. Learning Makes Your Brain Fat
  38. Drawing Class
  39. Observations
  40. Of Ducks and Lighthouses
  41. Observations
  42. Do You Have a Philosophy of Education?
  43. Observations
  44. Slow Children
  45. Observations
  46. If Youā€™re Ever Thinking About Moving Abroad
  47. On Leadership I
  48. Seek and Ye Shall Find (and Look Cleverer Than You Really Are)
  49. Thunks
  50. How to Make a Difference
  51. Observations
  52. Should We Be Teaching Children To Be Principled But Unreasonable?
  53. On Control
  54. Observations
  55. And What Do You Do?
  56. Observations
  57. Learning is Overrated
  58. On Grief
  59. The Serendipitous Benefits of Bad Taxi Drivers
  60. How to Know Whether Youā€™re a Humanist or a Scientist
  61. Observations
  62. Itā€™s Not Succeeding Thatā€™s Hard, Itā€™s Keeping Going
  63. Circumspice
  64. Thunks
  65. On Finding Things
  66. How to Get a Job
  67. Short Story
  68. Whose Problem is the Future and the 100-Year Plan?
  69. The Thing About Shelves
  70. One Little Girlā€™s Story
  71. Observations
  72. The Difference Between Creativity and Art
  73. The Cure
  74. Careers Advice for Young People
  75. Observations
  76. Her Conversation with the Social Workers
  77. On the Purpose of Reading
  78. Observations
  79. The Difference is the Size of the ā€˜Pā€™
  80. A Real-World Six-Point Noise Scale
  81. Observations
  82. The Eight Stages of Manhood
  83. On Value
  84. 21 Ways of Knowing You Have Spent Too Long on Twitter
  85. Thunks
  86. The Conversation Between an Angry Teenager and an Adult
  87. Teachers ā€“ What Do You Teach?
  88. Observations
  89. When Bad Science Leads to Good Practice
  90. Standing Still
  91. Your One-Minute Three-Step MBA in Crisis Management
  92. The Four Stages of Modern Life
  93. The Merits of Not Having a Clue
  94. The Intelligence of Six
  95. Observations
  96. The Game of Solitaire
  97. Will Smith and the Flower Paradox
  98. Trying To Be a Good Man
  99. Observations
  100. Train Your Dog Like a Child
  101. Train Your Child Like a Dog
  102. Observations
  103. Thereā€™s No Such Thing as an Educational Expert
  104. 30 Things That Exams Donā€™t Measure
  105. The Space Between the Stars
  106. Trust
  107. Why Am I Here?
  108. The Money-Back Guarantee
  109. Thunks
  110. Three Questions to Ask Before Every Training Day
  111. Three Responses That Are Worse Than Saying No
  112. Observations
  113. The Mirror
  114. Things to Watch Out For When You See the Word ā€˜Independentā€™
  115. Thunks
  116. Larks Ascending
  117. Captain Pouch College
  118. Observations
  119. My Chilean Education
  120. On Leadership II
  121. Crowd to Brian: ā€˜Yes, Weā€™re All Individualsā€™
  122. Advice II
  123. Observations
  124. Copyright
  125. Advertisement