Conference programme
09:00 - 12:00 Pre-conference tutorials (separate registration required)
Tutorial 1. How does it feel to be a learner in the thinking classroom? Dr. Alexander Sokol, TA Group, Latvia.
Tutorial 2.ACTS: How to recognize moments of thinking and make choices about how to progress them. Sarah Seleznyov and Stuart Twiss, UK.
11:30 - 12:30 Registration for delegates
12:30 - 13:30 LUNCH
13:30 - 14:25 Welcome & opening plenary
14:35 - 16:00 Workshop round No.1
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
16:35 - 18:00 Workshop round No.2
18:05 - 18:45 Plenary
18:45 - 19:10 Discussion of learning experience: teachers, researchers, experts
19:10 Welcome reception (lobby)
09:00 - 10:30 Teachers learning to teach thinking - an interactive exhibition
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK (Optional discussion: planning a thinking project for my organisation)
11:00 - 12:45 Talks on various aspects of teaching thinking
12:45 - 14:00 LUNCH (Optional discussion: becoming a pilot partner in the ACTS project)
14:00 - 14:55 Talks on various aspects of teaching thinking
15:00 - 16:00 Workshop round No.3
16:00 - 16:30 COFFEE BREAK (discussion of learning experience)
16:30 - 17:30 Workshop round No.4 and talks on various aspects of teaching thinking
17:35 - 18:00 Reflection and closing
18:10 Old Riga. Walking tour (free for the delegates)
20:00 Conference dinner (separate registration)
Sunday, 23 September
Excursions (separate registration)