Approaches to Learning Skills

Communication Skills

i Communication

Presentation TipsFor professionals today, presentation and public-speaking skills are more important than ever. Management guru, Tom Peters, for example, says that "presentation skills are worthy of extreme obsessi...

Presentation Zen

How to Give a Great TED TalkAdvice from entrepreneurs and TED organizers on giving a knockout speech on one of the world's most prestigious stages.

The Big List of Class Discussion StrategiesHere they are: 15 formats for structuring a class discussion to make it more engaging, more organized, more equitable, and more academically challenging.

Social Skills

ii Collaboration

What are the benefits of group work? Carnegie Mellon University

Cornell University: Engaging Students in Collaborative Leanring

Implementing group work in the classroom | Centre for Teaching Excellence

Self-Management

iii Organization Skills

Time management strategies: The Pomodoro Technique

iv Affective Skills

Mindfulness Activities and Teaching Resources

Resources to Introduce Mindfulness to Schools | Mindful SchoolsFind videos and resources to introduce mindfulness to your school. Watch an inspiring video of elementary students describing what mindfulness means.

How to teach ... mindfulnessThe Guardian Teacher Network has resources to help introduce the concept of mindfulness to pupils, to help them be calm, focused and creative

V Reflection Skills

Why You Should Make Time for Self-Reflection (Even If You Hate Doing It)Start small.

Research

vi Information Literacy Skills

Research writing tips from Purdue University's Online Writing Laboratory (OWL)

vii Media Literacy Skills

Thinking Skills

viii Critical Thinking Skills

Visible Thinking Skills

Ron Ritchart

Ron Ritchhart has been a researcher at Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education since 1994. His research focuses on understanding how to develop, nurture, and sustain thoughtful learning environments for both students and teachers. His interest in “cultures of thinking” has lead him to conduct research in such areas as intellectual character, mindfulness, thinking dispositions, teaching for understanding, creativity in teaching, and the development of communities of practice.

Ron's research is classroom and school-based, believing that teaching is a complex art and science that must be understood in context. A strong theme of learning from best practice runs throughout much of Ron’s work. On many of the projects on which Ron has worked, he has produced videos of best practices related to teaching for understanding, creative and innovative teaching, and the use of thinking routines.