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Education Forum on Teaching Thinking Skills Report

Carlton Highland Hotel, Edinburgh
15 May 2000
Compiled by
Valerie Wilson, The Scottish Council for Research in Education

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Contents

Programme
Preface
Welcome -Colin MacLean, HM Inspectorate of Schools
Introduction -Valerie Wilson, The Scottish Council for Research in Education
Psychological Perspective - Bryan Kirkaldy, Fife Council
Personal Experiences - Heather Forrest, Newmains Primary School
Personal Experiences - Kevin Logan, Millburn Academy
Discussion Groups
What are thinking skills?
How can they be useful?
Can they be taught?
What approaches have teachers taken?
How can best practice by shared?
What support is needed?
What conclusions can be drawn?
Where do we go from here?
Summing Up and the Way Forward
Appendices
1. Participants
2. Discussion Group Brief
3. Starter Paper: Can Thinking Skills be Taught?
4. Follow-up to the 1932 Scottish Mental Survey

The views expressed are those of forum participants and are not necessarily those of the Scottish Executive Education Department or the Scottish Council for Research in Education

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