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    Gilbert Filbert and His Big MAD Box, by Ian Gilbert and Andy Gilbert, is the story of one boy's desire to make a difference and help his mother find her smile again. It is a book about a boy, a box and a battle for a penguin but, more than that, it is a tale about families, hope and how to make dreams come true. When Gilbert's school project challenges him to 'make a difference', grandma ... Read more

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  • The Big Book of Independent Thinking

    Do things no one does or do things everyone does in a way no one does

    Edited by Ian Gilbert ...
    In 1992 Ian Gilbert, author of the highly acclaimed Essential Motivation in the Classroom founded Independent Thinking Ltd (ITL). His aim was to 'enrich young people's lives by changing the way they think and so to change the world'. He has done this by gathering together a disparate group of associates specialists in the workings of the brain, discipline, emotional intelligence, ICT, motivation, ... Read more

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  • Essential Motivation in the Classroom

    Seven Keys for Unlocking Your Students' Learning

    by Ian Gilbert ...
    A great deal has changed in the word of education since Essential Motivation in the Classroom was first published in 2002.Then again, nothing has really changed at all: schools are still under pressure to raise standards, government ministers come and go along with various educational fads, initiatives and silver bullets, young people are still young people, and teachers are still looking for ways ... Read more

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  • The Book of Thunks

    is not going fishing a hobby and other possibly impossible questions to stretch your brain and annoy your friends

    by Ian Gilbert ...
    A Thunk is a beguiling question about everyday things that stops you in your tracks and helps you start to look at the world in a whole new light. A thunk will shake up your templates, rattle your thought routines, and make you think about things differently! The ideal gift for possibly the most impossible person to buy for! ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Little Owl's Book of Thinking

    An Introduction to Thinking Skills

    by Ian Gilbert ...
    This brilliant little book describes in an entertaining style the seven lessons Benny receives from his wise old father, keen to teach his son how to think and think well. Ideal for teachers, parents and older children, this book is an excellent method of introducing the concept of thinking skills and why they are so important. All ages.; Karen Moxam says:I first read this book when Crown House ... Read more

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  • The Little Book of Thunks

    260 Questions to make your brain go ouch!

    by Ian Gilbert ...
    A Thunk is a beguiling question about everyday things that stops you in your tracks and helps you start to look at the world in a whole new light. The author guides you through the origins and uses of Thunks and demonstrates how this powerful little book can develop philosophical thinking for all ages ... remember there are no right or wrong answers to these questions. How liberating is that ...? ... Read more

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  • Dancing About Architecture

    A Little Book of Creativity

    by Phil Beadle ...
    Series series The Little Books
    Dancing about Architecture: A Little Book of Creativity is a compendium of outrageous ideas: ideas about how to take more risks, and about how to go about coming up with better ideas. Ideas about how to plan experiences that leave people who are in the same room as those ideas awestruck, and ideas to help you avoid the textbook, the worksheet the barely stifled yawn. From using The Book of ... Read more

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  • Independent Thinking on Laughter

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    by Dave Keeling ...
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    Dave Keeling's Independent Thinking on Laughter: Using humour as a tool to engage and motivate all learners is an uplifting manifesto packed with tips and techniques to help educators unleash the power of humour and laughter in the learning environment.Foreword by Ian Gilbert.Education is too important to be taken seriously: everyone in our schools from the youngest learner to the, ahem, 'most ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Little Owl's Book of Thinking

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    by Ian Gilbert ...
    Series series The Little Books
    This brilliant little book describes in an entertaining style the seven lessons Benny receives from his wise old father, keen to teach his son how to think and think well. Ideal for teachers, parents and older children, this book is an excellent method of introducing the concept of thinking skills and why they are so important. All ages. ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Book of Thunks

    is not going fishing a hobby and other possibly impossible questions to stretch your brain and annoy your friends

    by Ian Gilbert ...
    A Thunk is a beguiling question about everyday things that stops you in your tracks and helps you start to look at the world in a whole new light. A thunk will shake up your templates, rattle your thought routines, and make you think about things differently! The ideal gift for possibly the most impossible person to buy for!; A great gift book for possibly the most impossible person to buy for! ... Read more

    $19.95 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Why Do I Need a Teacher When I've got Google?

    The essential guide to the big issues for every teacher

    by Ian Gilbert ...
    Why do I need a teacher when I’ve got Google? is just one of the challenging, controversial and thought-provoking questions Ian Gilbert poses in this urgent and invigorating book.Questioning the unquestionable, this fully updated new edition will make you re-consider everything you thought you knew about teaching and learning, such as:Are you simply preparing the next generation of unemployed ... Read more

    $79.99 CAD

  • The Compleat Thunks Book

    by Ian Gilbert ...
    In The Compleat Thunks Book Ian Gilbert brings together classic Thunks from a number of his books, as well as hundreds of new ones, all designed to make your brain hurt as you think, question, debate and argue your way to a better understanding of how to survive in a world gone dangerously bonkers. We are living in an age in which facts don't count, certainty no longer exists and complexity means ... Read more

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