Testimonials

97% of the participants evaluated their impression of the conference as good or excellent.

I really liked the space you give for questions and comments after lectures and workshops.

All the presentations formed a rich picture of teaching thinking skills.

There was a good combination of theory and practical workshops.

I really liked meeting people who are thinking similar things.

I appreciated the opportunity to learn and communicate with colleaues.

I really liked the atmosphere during the event.

I liked that there were many really useful presentations.

The conference was characterized by open-mindedness and possibility to criticize each other's practices

Interactive sessions and being invited to be part of a thinking activity were great.

Here are a few examples of specific things the participants are taking back home:

thinking about what we really mean by thinking;
I will focus more on pupils making their own aims;
it is important to repeat “a task” and not to rush from one task into another;
ideas and inspiration;
I had time to talk with colleagues and plan our teaching practices;
it was nice to evaluate and develop my own teaching by listening to others;
Socratic questioning technique;
reflection on my own teaching philosophy;
new approaches to teaching thinking;
a huge amount of new knowledge, tools and practices;
ideas on changing my lessons;
methods and procedures for planning and conducting thinking lessons;
ideas and inspiration to read more about the thinking competence;
willingness to read and think more about bringing thinking to my lessons;
very many ideas about own teaching, especially to do with the role of the teacher, the aspect of questioning;
renewed enthusiasm and many inspirational ideas from a variety of speakers;
that there are many teachers who are thinking about thinking in an applied manner.