Slides used by James Nottingham and Martin Renton on the Isle of Man on 8th March 2013

1. Challenging
Learning & Leading
Progress
Martin Renton
James Nottingham
ChallengingLearning.com
@JamesNottinghm
james@jnpartnership.com & martin@jnpartnership.com
facebook.com/ChallengingLearning

2. What is …. ?

3. The Learning Challenge
Clarity
1. Concept
2. Conflict
1
2
Confusion

4. A selection of thinking skills
ANALYSE DESCRIBE GROUP RESPOND
ANTICIPATE DETERMINE HYPOTHESI SEQUENCE
APPLY DISCUSS SE SIMPLIFY
CAUSAL- ELABORATE IDENTIFY SHOW HOW
LINK ESTIMATE INFER SOLVE
CHOOSE EVALUATE INTERPRET SORT
CLASSIFY EXEMPLIFY ORGANISE SUMMARISE
COMPARE EXPLORE PARAPHRA SUPPORT
CONNECT SE
GENERALISE TEST
CONTRAST PREDICT
GIVE VERIFY
DECIDE EXAMPLES QUESTION
VISUALISE
DEFINE GIVE RANK
REASONS REPRESEN
T

5. Scandinavian ‘curling parents’

6. Breakthrough
Stretch
Practice

8. Eureka moments come from challenge
Clarity
1. Concept
2. Conflict
1
3. Construct
Confusion
3
2

9. inspired
Funnelling learning
Closed Who is 42 x ..?
Whatbecame4king in 1066 ..?
Explain How did you work it King..?
he become out ..?
Explore Do you think this was fair ..?
Could you have done it any
(opinion) other way ..?

10. Challenge Assumptions
What assumptions have you made ...?
“But what if …”

11. Cognitive Conflict
But then why
I know it’s was Robin Hood
wrong to a hero?
steal

12. Challenge Assumptions
How are these two the same, and
how are they different...?
A reason and an excuse

13. What’s the difference?
Truth and Opinion
Music and Noise
Hero and Villain “But what about…”
Happy and Content
Sport and War
Worked examples
Decision and Order
at www.p4c.com
Child and Youth
Lies and Make-believe
Toys and Books
Karma and Revenge

14. Odd One Out

15. Odd One Out

16. Odd One Out

17. Praise that can put children off going in the pit …
Clever girl!
Gifted musician
Brilliant
mathematician
Bright boy
Top of the class!
By far the best

18. The effects of different types of praise
Mueller and
Dweck, 1998
In six studies, 7th
grade students
were given a
series of
nonverbal IQ
tests.

19. Mueller and Dweck, 1998
Intelligence praise
“Wow, that’s a really good score. You must be smart at this.”
Process praise
“Wow, that’s a really good score. You must have tried really
hard.”
Control-group praise
“Wow, that’s a really good score.”

21. Boys get 8 times more criticism than girls

24. Links
ChallengingLearning.com
james@jnpartnership.com
martin@jnpartnership.com
@JamesNottinghm
Facebook.com/ChallengingLearning