Monday, May 23, 2016

Thunks









If you attended one of the Bradley Lightbody sessions on training day (Monday 11 April 2016), you may remember him mentioning using 'thunks' as a way of engaging students in discussion and debate, for use as starters or plenaries, or just for fun.




A 'Thunk' is described as  a 'beguilingly simple-looking question about everyday things that stops you in your tracks and helps you start to look at the world in a whole new light'.  http://www.thunks.co.uk/.




If you sign up for a free account at TES (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/) you can access a range of resources that can be downloaded to support your teaching, learning and assessment - including a dedicated PowerPoint of suggested 'Thunks'. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/thunks-6022495




These are all based on Ian Gilbert's Little Book of Thunks.