10:00 - 10:30 Presentation Application of the Cultural Bridge to the Classroom
Presenter: Darren Brookes (QUT) In this workshop, students will be taken through one or two of the Cultural Bridge to the Classroom Videos. The triggers in the videos will be used to enable the students to critically unpack the way in which they learn and their perceptions of university study in Australia. The students will also be made aware of the education culture at undergraduate and post-graduate levels at an Australian university. Possible videos will include:
11:00 - 11:30 Presentation Integrating de Bono Thinking Methods into School Cirricula
Presenter: Janet Newman
This workshop will draw on extensive practical experience of the integration of de Bono’s thinking methods into the curricula of Ashbrook and Holmwood Schools, U.K. In 2004 Ashbrook was invited to join an EC Comenius project called “Think Fresh” to deliver thinking skills to schools in other European countries and undertake some action research to measure the impact of teaching thinking on children. The presenter has introduced the teaching of thinking to both schools and integrated the staff of both schools to ensure a unified approach.