Author Archives: derekpinchbeck

A version of this post originally appeared on my website: http://www.thirstforthinking.org/thirst-for-thinking-blog   Embodied Cognition would appear to to moving our understanding of cognition and the creation of meaning beyond purely what is happening in the mind. However in school’s we still emphasise … Continue reading →

How structured should  inquiry be? The desire to create an effective pedagogy which enables students to both learn through inquiry and learn to inquire, raises an interesting tension within many practitioners. The key questions of  ‘How much structure should the teacher provide?’ … Continue reading →

This post originally appeared on my own site http://www.thirstforthinking.org/thirst-for-thinking-blog. In his seminal work, Play of Man, (click on the link to download a free copy) written in 1901, Karl Groos proposed that there are certain universal types of play which all … Continue reading →

This post originally appeared on http://www.thirstforthinking.org Mitch Resnick in his article Lifelong Kindergarten concludes with the thought :“Instead of making kindergarten more like the rest of school, we need to make the rest of school – indeed, the rest of … Continue reading →

This post is adapted from one that originally appeared on: http://www.thirstforthinking.org Education over the years has been rife with false dichotomies and good pedagogical ideas which have hardened into unhelpful dogmas. As a teacher who is committed to the goals … Continue reading →