Quality Thinking the Kurwongbah Way

Quality Thinking and Learning at Kurwongbah

"He who learns but does not think is lost."

(Confucius)

At Kurwongbah, we believe that students must be provided with many opportunities to develop the necessary skills and tools to enable them to think creatively and critically at higher levels. In order to facilitate this, we have adopted and adapted a number of proven approaches and models of the teaching of thinking to incorporate into our curriculum programs and to inform our Whole School Thinking Skills Program. Below are a number of links to useful WebPages featuring resources developed from our favourite strategies, and within various planning frameworks. They are available here for you to use in curriculum design and development; with students; in Professional Development sessions with educators, and in designing your own Thinking Skills Program within your class or school.

Thinking Skills at Kurwongbah: An Overview Link here to read the rationale behind Kurwongbah's Whole School Thinking Skills Program, view our Showcase submission, or read what others have to say about our Quality Thinking and Learning WebPage.
An Introduction to Thinking Skills	GATE at Kurwongbah	Our Differentiation Tool Box
Bloom's (Revised) Taxonomy	Edward de Bono's Six Thinking Hats	Gardner's Multiple Intelligences (SMARTS)
Think It! Contract Activities	Tony Ryan's Thinker's Keys	Dimensions of Learning
Graphic Organisers	Quality Teaching Conference	Inspiration Software
Kurwongbah team wins the inaugural School Library Association of Queensland *Brian Bahnisch Award* for its Whole School Thinking Skills Program ! Read all about it!
Do you have your Innovative Teachers' Companion for 2007? Follow the link to check out this wonderful diary/resource for teachers at ITC Publications. A superb resource that supports a Thinking Skills approach to teaching and learning with numerous practical examples included. Kurwongbah teachers love it!