Where most schools have gotten good at traditional “learning” (e.g. teaching to standards), students still struggle to master so-called 21st-century skills. Things like critical thinking, creativity, information literacy, and collaboration.

Researchers like Dr. Peter Liljedahl, author of the hugely popular Building Thinking Classrooms series, and others say it comes down to changing not just what activities we ask students to do in our classrooms, but in how we teach them to collaborate and to think.

We created this free guide to help you nurture collaboration and critical thinking in your classrooms.

You’ll learn:

#1 How to identify normative teaching practices vs. thinking teaching practices
#2 How to change your mindset and thinking as an educator to promote thinking
#3 The power of student-led collaboration and conversation in the classroom

We hope you find the content, resources and stories featured useful as you look to promote thinking and improve student outcomes in your school or district.