Just recently, the Journal of Educational Research and Practice at Walden University published a study of the implementation of Visible
Thinking routines in ESL classrooms in Palestine.
Today I'm continuing the Professional Development series about how principals, school leaders, and teachers can implement
thinking routines in schools...
Today Karen Voglesang @NBCTchr teaches children to use
thinking routines in her classroom.
RT @blytheti: PZ researchers @Rabbitross & @FlossieSGChua share complexity
thinking routines in workshop at @mfaboston @ProjectZeroHGSE htt...
To aid you in your planning, you will try out THREE new
thinking routines in this session (the first during Week 1 and two more during Week 2), so think ahead about your schedule and the opportunities to incorporate thinking routines.
Not exact matches
The Wednesday dinner
routine is the fruit of regular, repeated meetings and
think sessions
in which Smith tracks and analyzes everything he can
think of that could make him love better and work better.
«Many entrepreneurs
think there's a secret formula for habits of successful people, but
in my experience,
routine and habits are anathema to entrepreneurialism.
In large corporations with strict planning
routines requiring annual, semiannual and quarterly plans and plan updates, managers spend at least part of their time working on or
thinking about a new plan or plan update.
Think about your morning
routine: There's probably something you have to turn on
in another room, like a coffee maker.
Yet when it is done with intention and self - awareness, breaking from regular
routines can be a powerful way to stimulate new
thinking, break bad habits, adapt better to change, and be more collaborative
in a team environment.
Routines allow you to operate efficiently — keep doing the same things over and over again without
thinking about it — but they get
in the way of trying to do something new.
Without
thinking, plugging
in could become a part of your daily
routine.
While they did not study this research question, [63] found that people smiled and laughed more and rated an audiotaped stand - up comedy
routine more positively when they listened to canned laughter that they
thought came from members of their
in - group rather than their out - group.
I'm a softie of a mum
in many regards but I hold the line on a few things: sleep and
routine being the two biggest, I
think.
They might be described as the feudal underlords of the personality, of which Whitehead speaks
in Modes of
Thought: «Finally, the overlord tends to relapse into the conventionality of
routine imposed upon the subordinate governors, such as the heart.
Such a
routine will not work for all of us, but the point is to have a
routine, and to know when your best writing and
thinking hours are, and
in the other hours, do things that both stimulate and stretch the brain
in new and creative directions.
I am ashamed of our mindless
routines: segregated Sunday mornings, men up front and women
in the back, the Romans Road and the Sinner's Payer, «what were you wearing to make him say /
think / do that?»
More often than we're comfortable admitting, I
think, we find ourselves feeling what many recent theologians say we should: a twinge of uneasiness at speaking of heaven outside of church; the sense that Jesus» death and resurrection can't quite be brought to bear on our daily
routine, our social life, our moneymaking, our recreation; an inability to see with the heart the goodness of the Good News; a certain emptiness
in our prayers.
The straightforward experimental implication is that the correlation between brain wave patterns and neural impulse patterns should be lower when a person is engaged
in creative
thought than when engaged
in routine activity like adding numbers.14
But for the most part,
routine ruled human affairs and «news» as we
think we know it began with business, when trading associations
in Northern Europe shared information about commodity prices and other conditions that would affect profit, developing newsletters with the new print technology.
When I
think, for example, how my own children, born
in Britain and bred
in the U.S., have their
routine dictated by school and by violin, piano and ballet lessons, and how they move fluently from babysitting for hire to videos for rent and then to microwave popcorn and hotpockets, I realize how our society has learned to dispense with child - inspired patterns of living.
We
think about death at funerals,
in hospitals, when a doctor calls after a
routine test, when a child stays out past curfew, when a friend stops returning phone calls.
I like to plan and
think ahead, I guess that puts me
in the
routine camp.
We all seem to
think that January is that magical month for us to get
in shape and continue with that
routine.
I
think they're her way of and finding her calm making sense of our inability to grasp a set
routine... It wholeheartedly kicks me
in the feels.
It seems silly that one little beverage can be such a strong sticking point for so many people but when you
think about how big a role coffee plays
in the
routine and social life of so many people it begins to become clear why so many people shy away from eliminating it.
I don't
think I spoke about it much
in this space, but during the school year
in Montreal I started going to the gym and began a (simple yet totally awesome) weight training
routine.
In the mornings, I like to mix strawberries with oatmeal, so I
thought a strawberry oatmeal smoothie would be a perfect way to change up my breakfast
routine.
But we
think there's nothing wrong with keeping a little «instant»
in your
routine.
as I am most productive and
think best
in the morning and now am
in a
routine, thankfully.
(Although, for the record, we
thought the same thing when Benevento came to Turin
in November and it turned out to be anything but
routine.)
However, I can
think of two distinctive set play
routines that had me asking do they even practice that
in training.
Mertesacker suffered his cartilage injury during the final minutes of Arsenal's first pre-season game at Lens
in July following what he
thought was a
routine pass.
I
think the idea that women who have their lives together professionally etc. typically want a relationship enough to accommodate inviting minor changes
in routine is mistaken.
You may
think that starting a night time
routine with your infant is trivial, especially when they're likely to wake up
in only a few hours.
I
think we need to get a consistent bedtime
routine for him so that he can expect what comes next instead of freaking out that we are putting him
in his crib for the night.
Except for times that wrapping must happen
in a hurry (errands and tantrums come to mind), we have a
routine of selecting the wrap (together if my wrappee is old enough) and
thinking of just the right carry for that wrap and that situation.
My
routine is a work
in progress but I
think I get the sentiment behind the idea that we all have time and can find said time if we get creative and honest with ourselves and our day.
One of the top suggestions is turning off electronic devices before bed and dimming lights
in the house to make your little one's brain
think it's that
routine bedtime again therefore kicking
in the melatonin.
I
thought I might resent the new baby, too, if he prevented us from carrying on our life
in the
routine we were used to enjoying.
Once he gets into the
routine of doing things
in a certain order, he won't have to waste time
thinking about what to do next.
I like to
think we could take the «best of both worlds», and learn from the French, who pioneered the science of child health (puĂ©riculture)
in the 19th century — on which their wonderful kids» food rules,
routines, and recipes are based.
We stand while shoving a sandwich into our mouths with a baby on our boob, we run to the toilet only to have our toddler standing their talking to us, we shave our legs
in less than two minutes while missing a few hairs near our ankles due to the quick nature of our shaving, we brush our teeth without flossing most of the time because we are so tired we can't bare the
thought of stretching out our teeth
routine any longer then it has to be.
You
think it's a science (when
in actuality it's really supposed to simple) and you pick out the right detergent, figure out a
routine and call it good.
Though it might seem hard to establish your sleep / wake
routine, if you focus on increasing wakefulness by small increments (
think 5 minute increases every other day), you will get
in your groove.
I just
think that
routine wouldn't support breastfeeding especially
in the early day s when supply is establishing and when the night feeding is important to stimulate supply of breast milk.
Make a note of everything: feeding quality and frequency, recent health, napping schedule, play time, change
in environment or daily
routine, and anything else you can
think of.
I keep meaning to invest
in lavender spray for my bedtime
routine but didn't even
think about little one.
Before bed session: I don't
think there's anything wrong with nursing to sleep
in general, but it probably is going to be easiest to drop this session since it's not an essential part of your bedtime
routine.
Finding time
in your
routine to sit down and nurse can be an overwhelming
thought to a pregnant mother, especially if there are older children
in the family, or if Mom needs to return to work.