Tools for pedagogical inquiry: the impact of teaching thinking skills on teachers
- 1 May 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Oxford Review of Education
- Vol. 32 (2) , 185-196
Abstract
This paper explores the idea of thinking skills approaches as tools for pedagogical inquiry and in so doing seeks to develop the link between the promotion of inquiry‐based learning, which is a central tenet of thinking skills, and inquiry‐based teaching as an approach to professional development and school improvement. The first part of the paper examines the impact of teaching thinking skills on teachers by drawing upon a systematic review of research evidence. The second part of the paper sets the characteristics identified in the context of research into teachers’ development and considers the contribution of a pedagogy based on thinking skills approaches to continuing professional development.Keywords
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