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The Joy of Not Knowing (JONK

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creating confident young learners

Transforming Teaching National Conference Birmingham 17 th October 2013 Marcelo Staricoff Headteacher, Hertford Infant and Nursery School, Brighton Associate Lecturer, University of Brighton

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* Ofsted Outstanding (Good 2008)

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What

we teach and

what

children learn

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How

we teach and

how

children learn

TO LEARN THEY MUST NOT KNOW IT FIRST!

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LEARNING TO LEARN WEEK

Lifelong Learning Thinking Tools Values I’ve got all the tools and skills to climb out of The Pit

LEARNING TO LOVE LEARNING CULTURE IN SCHOOL

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The Joy of Not Knowing (JONK™ ) LEARNING TO LEARN WEEK DOMAINS

Models of Learning Philosophy for Children Lifelong Learning Making Thinking Visible Critical Thinking Skills @ Marcelo Staricoff, Hertford Infant and Nursery School and University of Brighton

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SEP

robotic rule bound passive fragmented dependent fragile PROBLEM SOLVING

JUL … this approach enables children to gradually move along the concept lines

strategically aware creative curious meaning making effective partner resilient REPORTS

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The Joy of Not Knowing (JONK™ ) Enthusiastic Caring Ambitious Thoughtful Respectful Friendly PROBLEM SOLVING

… this approach enables children to gradually move along the concept lines

Creative Connecting Persevering Planner Communicating Questioning REPORTS

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The Joy of Not Knowing (JONK™ ) What could these be?

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Date Thinking Skills Thinking Skills Spanish Date Daily Schedule Espanol News WWW @ Marcelo Staricoff, Hertford Infant and Nursery School and University of Brighton

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Date Thinking Skills Thinking Skills READ REAL SEAL SELL Spanish Date Daily Schedule Espanol News WWW @ Marcelo Staricoff, Hertford Infant and Nursery School and University of Brighton

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Date Thinking Skills Thinking Skills 4 Fours’ Spanish Date Daily Schedule Espanol News WWW @ Marcelo Staricoff, Hertford Infant and Nursery School and University of Brighton

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Date Thinking Skills Thinking Skills What makes you laugh?

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The Joy of Not Knowing (JONK™ ) Home Learning

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Monday-Friday Open-ended Stimulating

The Joy of Not Knowing (JONK™ ) Maths Investigations

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Challenge Fridays The One Minute Round Consecutive Numbers Diagonals Perfect World

The Joy of Not Knowing (JONK™ ) Image and Poem of the Week

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It could be anything at all… @ Marcelo Staricoff, Hertford Infant and Nursery School and University of Brighton

The Joy of Not Knowing (JONK™ ) PMI’s P [positive] M [minus] I [interesting]

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The Joy of Not Knowing (JONK™ ) Concept Lines and Fortune Lines

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The Joy of Not Knowing (JONK™ ) Concept Lines and Fortune Lines

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…enabling thinking skills to be incorporated into subject teaching @ Marcelo Staricoff, Hertford Infant and Nursery School and University of Brighton

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…bringing the world into our classrooms @ Marcelo Staricoff, Hertford Infant and Nursery School and University of Brighton

The Joy of Not Knowing (JONK™ ) Philosophy for Children Communities of Enquiry Wonder Walls Why Books Philosophy at Home

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Is it ever right to do something wrong?

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The Joy of Not Knowing (JONK™ ) Improvisation Games

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The Interpreter Three as One Thinking Hats

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The JONK model provides children with: • a toolkit of strategies • a means of structuring their thinking • the facility to take ownership and responsibility of their own learning • an enjoyable, non-threatening, creative approach to learning @ Marcelo Staricoff, Hertford Infant and Nursery School and University of Brighton

The Joy of Not Knowing (JONK™ ) Monika’s quote

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Marcelo Staricoff

Hertford Infant and Nursery School [email protected]

University of Brighton [email protected]

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