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Collins et al's Cognitive Apprenticeship in Action
John Tomsett
Collins et al's Cognitive Apprenticeship in Action
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In 1991 Allan Collins, John Seely Brown and Ann Holum published 'Cognitive Apprenticeship: Making Thinking Visible'. Nearly a quarter of a century later John Tomsett encountered their paper and since then, it has influenced his teaching immeasurably. Collins et al. believed that 'domain (subject) knowledge … provides insufficient clues for many students about how to actually go about solving problems and carrying out tasks in a domain'. They believed that you had to make expert subject thinking visible to students. Consequently, Tomsett developed a number of techniques which made his expert subject thinking visible to his students, to great effect. Beyond his own practice, the principles behind Collins et al’s paper have been woven throughout Huntington School in York, where Tomsett is headteacher, a research school whose teachers are committed to developing evidence-informed classroom practice. In this book, a number of Huntington School teachers discuss, in a series of brief essays, what they consider to be the expert thought processes specific to their individual subject domains. They explain in detail how they use cognitive apprenticeship techniques 'in action' to make their disciplinary thinking visible and help their students learn those same expert thought processes. This book is a priceless contribution to the current debate about the curriculum and how it is taught in our schools.

Language
English
ISBN
9781914351037
Copyright
Series foreword Tom Sherrington
Foreword by Professor Allan Collins
Introduction
‘Cognitive Apprenticeship: Making Thinking Visible’
CONTENT: types of knowledge required for expertise
METHOD: ways to promote the development of expertise
SEQUENCING: keys to ordering learning activities
SOCIOLOGY: social characteristics of learning environments
13 Principles for Designing Cognitive Apprenticeship Environments
CONTENT: types of knowledge required for expertise
METHOD: ways to promote the development of expertise
SEQUENCING: keys to ordering learning activities
SOCIOLOGY: social characteristics of learning environments
Cognitive apprenticeship: an evidence review
A note about referencing
Dimension One
A summary introduction to Dimension One: CONTENT
Making thinking visible in… Biology
Making thinking visible in… History
The spiderplanning process
Making thinking visible in… Music
Making thinking visible in… Physics
Analysis of a physics exam question
Making thinking visible in… Science
Biology
Dimension Two
A summary introduction to Dimension Two: METHOD
Making thinking visible in… Computer Science
How to teach the thinking process
Abstract thinking
Decomposition
Making thinking visible in… Design Technology
Making thinking visible in… English
The four essential aspects of cognitive apprenticeship
Modelling
Scaffolding
Fading
Coaching
Making thinking visible in… developing SEND students’ analytical writing skills
Making thinking visible in… Geography
Sense of place
Thinking ‘like a geographer’
Making thinking visible in… MFL
Modelling and Scaffolding
Coaching
Fading
Making thinking visible in… Psychology
Dimension Three
A summary introduction to Dimension Three: SEQUENCING
Making thinking visible in… Chemistry
Making thinking visible in… Food
Making thinking visible in… Mathematics
Making thinking visible in… Media Studies
Making thinking visible in… Physical Education
Dimension Four
A summary introduction to Dimension Four: SOCIOLOGY
Making thinking visible in… Art
Making thinking visible in… Drama
Making thinking visible in… Religion, Philosophy and Ethics
Religion and theology
How to reach judgements on which religious beliefs and practices are most important and valid for a particular religious community?
Philosophy for life
How to analyse beliefs?
Ethics and philosophy of religion
How to analyse arguments and theories?
CONCLUSION
Bibliography
Appendix ‘Cognitive Apprenticeship: Making Thinking Visible’ (1991)
TOWARD A SYNTHESIS OF SCHOOLING AND APPRENTICESHIP
Traditional Apprenticeship
From Traditional to Cognitive Apprenticeship
COGNITIVE APPRENTICESHIP TEACHING READING WRITING AND MATHEMATICS
Reading
SAMPLE RECIPROCAL TEACHING DIALOGUE
Text from which students are working
Writing
PLANNING CUES FOR OPINION ESSAYS
NEW IDEA
IMPROVE
ELABORATE
GOALS
PUTTING IT TOGETHER
A TEACHER MODELS GETTING STARTED
ASSIGNMENT
THINKING-ALOUD EXCERPT
Mathematical problem-solving
A MATHEMATICIAN THINKS OUT LOUD
Problem
Expert Model
Proof
A FRAMEWORK FOR DESIGNING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
Content
Method
Sequencing
Sociology
PRINCIPLES FOR DESIGNING COGNITIVE APPRENTICESHIP ENVIRONMENTS
CONTENT: types of knowledge required for expertise
METHOD: ways to promote the development of expertise
SEQUENCING: keys to ordering learning activities
SOCIOLOGY: social characteristics of learning environments
CONCLUSION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
REFERENCES
About the Editor
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