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No teacher is an island when it comes to designing curriculum. The Community & Communication section provides you with the lots of opportunities for innovative exchanges, as well as traditional evaluations and feedback on your projects and ideas. Often, we receive feedback only after a project or lesson is finished. Here, self and peer assessment can occur early on and then frequently in an on-going fashion throughout the duration of the design process.

  • News Notes - find out what's new in the ALPS community related to the teaching of thinking. Stay up to date on up-coming professional seminars and forums on thinking, Stay in touch with ALPS teachers and community members who may be publishing an article on thinking, or presenting at a conference.

  • Forums - attend and participate in an on-line forum on the teaching of thinking; such forums will be moderated by Project Zero associates and other experts on teaching thinking

How to Use The Communication & Community Section

  1. Use this section to assess and take stock of the development of your projects as well as your conceptions about the teaching of thinking.

  2. Use this section as an on-line, human-based resource. Listen and talk with teachers who are infusing thinking into their regular curriculum.

  3. Use this section to stay current and fresh. New ideas and approaches for teaching thinking emerge from the ALPS community and elsewhere all the time.

 

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