Having now seen most of the trainees, I wanted to start posting reading materials, videos & other useful resources to help anyone continue the work we do in the sessions.

Below you will find resources & the audio recording of our first session on being a reflective teacher.

James Greenwood

Discussion points

• Internal questioning: challenging received wisdom
• Plato’s allegory of the cave: deep thinking
• Why do we level students? What alternatives are there?

Resources

• Handout: Critical thinking in the curriculum - James Greenwood
• Handout: A convenient untruth – Steve Wheeler
• Video: Plato’s allegory of the cave

Audio

• MP3 recording of session 05/12/2011 (37m 46s, 8.64Mb)

Consolidation