72 Power Tools of Learning

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Thinking Tools 

• Philosophy of Education-body, soul and spirit
• Psychology of Education-willing, feeling and thinking
• Developmental stages of childhood-seven year cycles with 2 1/3 year subcycles
• Imagination-the higher power of thinking
• Socratic questioning-creates a dialogue
• Visualizing-thinking tool necessary for conception
• Reviewing and summarizing-one of the components of reciprocal teaching
• Observations-developing a keen sense of observation
• Symbols-we teach through symbols, tokens, and stories
• Decoding-a necessary tool for some children to learn to read
• Feedback-the necessary information for a learning conversation
• Goal setting-key process for future planning
• Content expectations-need learning tasks to activate this criteria
• The four temperaments-the four temperaments help build personality traits
• Information gathering-need Internet research skills
• Cognitive assessments-good for the thinker
• Course description and expectations-begin with the end in mind
• Criteria based State Content Expectations

Feeling Tools 

• Emulation-creates the desire to model a good example
• Relationships-the key to communicating your true interest in each learner
• Inspiration-the higher force that arises from hearing
• Enthusiasm-an irreplaceable driving force of education
• Biographies-the key way to present history
• Humor-an essential component of every lessson
• Choral speaking-aligns listening with speaking
• Vocalizing-helps develop articulation skills
• Team building-an essential communication skill
• Awe, wish, wonder-three key forces necessary to develop desire for knowledge
• Devotion, reverence, respect-three key feeligs necessary for teachers in begin teaching
• Correspondences to the human-all knowledge should be related to the human being
• Storytelling by heart-the key method of delivering instruction
• Micro-society learning communities-replicas of real life communities
• Auditory selections-stimulation from great sources
• Conflict-resolution skill development-the social element of balance

 Willing Tools

• Imitation-the primary learning force of the child between birth and seven years old
• Intuition-a form of knowing that links to the force of willing
• Listening-inclining the ear to hear
• Example-a model shared with students as one method of accomplishing a task
• Modeling-following an example of another person
• Motivation-the driving force of education
• Music-the most powerful tool of education that combines the three fundamental forces
• Singing-a tool that should be used throughout the learning day
• Rhythm-the best reinforcement in education
• Rhythmic counting-the foundation for all math
• Repetition-the rhythmic element of education that strengthens memory
• Musical instruments-the best way to develop the brain
• Dance-a kinesthetic reinforcement of spatial awareness
• Graphic organizers-visual tools that focus thinking
• Good literature (libraries)-often times replaced by the Internet as a knowledge repository
• Painting-the feeling realm of the will is explicated by watercolor painting
• Handwork-knitting, crocheting, sewing, etc.-reinforces eye to hand coordination and refines small motor control while developing the neocortex
• Form Drawing-graphic arts tools that enhances layout, balance, and symmetry
• Sculpture-a kinesthetic activity that brings a concept into form
• Architecture (building)-history is depicted in architecture
• Woodworking-a practical activity to enhance the will and create practical items
• Gardening-the best way to study botany, biology, and the life force in plants
• Clay modeling, beeswax modeling, etc.-forming shapes enhance will power
• Drama-combines memorizing, speaking, kinesthetic activity, and literature
• Illustrating-develops the right side of the brain and enhances visualization skills
• Fairy Tales (fantasy)-enhances imagination and systems thinking
• Mythology-gives alternative meanings to natural forces
• History-helps orient the learner in time
• Legends-fables-parables-complete engrams that convey great meanings in simple words

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