Hooked on Thinking works with schools, businesses and learning communities to transform student learning outcomes.
Pam Hook and Julie Mills have extensive experience in education, directing Ministry of Education contracts and independent contracts across New Zealand.
The focus of their work is on ensuring students achieve deep learning outcomes and “learn how to learn”.
Hooked on Thinking uses SOLO Taxonomy (Biggs and Collis 1982), as a model of learning.
HOT Media: Using SOLO Taxonomy as a Model of Learning.
Are you looking for ideas about how to develop a school based curriculum designed to meet all the expectations in the New Zealand Curriculum? Then check out our collaborative wiki project.
THE HOT DIFFERENTIATED CURRICULUM MODEL
A curriculum model and program for diverse learners living in local communities in a rapidly changing world. By Pam Hook and Julie Mills
We invite New Zealand teachers who would like to contribute to the HOT Differentiated Curriculum wiki project to make contact.
We have written the curriculum content for the Land Transport Agency FEET FIRST Walk to School initiative. These materials have been written using the Hooked on Thinking Differentiated Planning Template, the New Zealand Curriculum and SOLO Taxonomy as a model of learning outcomes. Check out the curriculum materials, teacher directed inquiry units and student inquiry scenarios.
We have been part of a collaboration with SKM and Epsom Normal Primary School to produce the SKM Learning Today – Sustaining Tomorrow Teaching Resource – a draft unit on teaching sustainability. The draft teaching resource materials exploring environmental, social and economic sustainability have been developed using the Hooked on Thinking Differentiated Planning Template, the New Zealand Curriculum and SOLO Taxonomy as a model of learning outcomes.
New Zealand Curriculum Online
Key Competencies – Thinking at Lincoln High School – this snapshot describes how teachers at Lincoln High School teach thinking skills across the school using the SOLO Taxonomy in all learning areas.
Hooked on Thinking “Learning to Learn” Gallery
