Craig Lawrence

Workshop Overview:

• Practical applications of Thinking Tools across the curriculum.

• Using Thinking Maps to aid recall and retrieval.

• Developing the use of Thinking Routines to enhance understanding and support students of all academic abilities.

• The importance of Frame of Reference questions in developing metacognition.

Biography:

I am currently a Head of Year, Teacher of English and Film Studies and Lead Practitioner at Barton Court Grammar School, an Advanced Thinking School. Throughout my 15-year teaching career I have also been a Head of English and had responsibility for various teaching and learning initiatives. I am passionate about the ways in which Thinking Routines and Thinking Tools can develop teaching practice and support students with recall, retrieval, knowledge acquisition and skills development, amongst many other benefits.