Foundational workshops provides school leaders and teachers with the expert guidance, collaborative network and professional learning partnership required to lead teaching for thinking at your school. The foundational workshop is facilitated by Dr Peter Ellerton from the University of Queensland. Peter is 1 of 3 national experts who redeveloped version 9 of the Critical and Creative Thinking General Capability. Peter’s passion is working with educators to enable a teaching for thinking focus across all year levels and subject areas.

• Improve pedagogical practices by shifting the focus from knowledge to inquiry, working collaboratively and providing a language of feedback on thinking.

• Enhance curriculum delivery by planning for student thinking and aligning cognitive verbs and 21st century skills across P-10 learning areas/general capabilities and Year 11-12 subjects.

• Develop expert teaching teams by sharing best practice within your school team and collaborating across the Aspiring Thinkers network.

Foundational workshops content includes:

• how to develop cognitive skills through a shift in focus from knowledge to inquiry

• how to think and plan in the language of student cognition

• how to work collaboratively so thinking can be shared

• how to facilitate metacognition and provide a language of feedback on thinking

• learning experience design and virtues/characteristics of effective thinkers.