The Classroom Architect Series (Gifted and Talented)
Within this programme we provide three one-day workshops: Thinking Skills, Creativity and Collaborative Learning.
Each workshop is designed to enhance and enrich the learning experience of Gifted and Talented students while giving them the opportunity to develop skills that will be immediately useful in the classroom and promote life-long learning. The varied activities will accommodate all learning styles and will be differentiated according to the participating students' age and ability.
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Thinking Skills Eureka! This day will equip participants with an armoury of thinking skills to enable them to take control of their own learning and give them the confidence to meet new challenges in the classroom and beyond. The variety of practical activities will challenge and stimulate the students in an environment where thinking can take them anywhere. Skills of analysis, decision-making, hypothesising and prediction will be explained, explored and used in a variety of situations. |
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Creativity Making meanings Creativity is becoming an increasingly valuable commodity in our lives. This workshop aims to capture the elusive components of creativity and facilitate students in exploring and developing their own creative skills. Beginning with those thinking skills which impact on creative levels - inventing, inferring, associating - students will explore their own visual literacy, move on to practise methods of organising information and then stretch their imaginations! The day will culminate with groups working collaboratively to devise creative solutions to very real problems. |
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Collaborative learning Power in numbers In this workshop, students will discover and use the essential skills necessary for effective collaboration inside and outside the classroom. The day involves a variety of collaborative learning techniques which will encourage students to take responsibility for their own learning: managing time, resources, deadlines, behaviour, monitoring and evaluation. They will have the opportunity to explore the variety of team roles and begin to plan how the skills of evaluation can be used in the future. |
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