Great post Ben. I'm a huge Dan Willingham and Oli Caviglioli fan. (I'm not familiar with Frederick Reif - I'll have to look him up).
I especially appreciated the metaphor of ideas being like objects, which can be manipulated, categorised, and connected purposefully. This is immensely helpful for 'grown ups' too. I'm thinking of the teachers I work with and the importance of modelling how to 'organise' ideas both when I work with them and as a teaching practice I want to encourage in classrooms.
Great post Ben. I'm a huge Dan Willingham and Oli Caviglioli fan. (I'm not familiar with Frederick Reif - I'll have to look him up).
I especially appreciated the metaphor of ideas being like objects, which can be manipulated, categorised, and connected purposefully. This is immensely helpful for 'grown ups' too. I'm thinking of the teachers I work with and the importance of modelling how to 'organise' ideas both when I work with them and as a teaching practice I want to encourage in classrooms.
Thanks so much! Again, a lot of what i write is built in the Organise Ideas book.