{"id":24795,"date":"2020-04-14T11:38:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T11:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.potentialplusuk.org\/?p=24795"},"modified":"2024-08-06T14:09:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T13:09:22","slug":"thunks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potentialplusuk.org\/index.php\/2020\/04\/14\/thunks\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunks"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>If you expect the unexpected, will the unexpected still be expected?<\/li>\n<li>Can you touch the wind?<\/li>\n<li>If there was a magic pill that meant that you could never fail, would you take it?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A Thunk is a simple question about everyday things designed to stop you in your tracks and to help you to look at the world in a completely different way. Thunks help individuals to develop philosophical thinking, confidence in their own opinions and the ability to listen to others, through open-ended questions where there are no right or wrong answers.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>If we\u2019re all told to be an individual, is there such thing as being ordinary?<\/li>\n<li>If we\u2019ve read the whole dictionary, is every other book a remix?<\/li>\n<li>If you borrow a million dollars does that make you a millionaire<\/li>\n<li>If I ask you if I can steal your pen and you say yes, is that stealing?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Thunks are great to ponder individually but also benefit hugely from group input. In school they offer a great way to get learners thinking and enable teachers to understand HOW students are thinking and what knowledge they have.\u00a0 All learners are able to contribute to a class discussion and teachers are able to facilitate this discussion by building on one person\u2019s answer and including all members of the class.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Can you be prepared for a surprise?<\/li>\n<li>Can you have too much money?<\/li>\n<li>Would you want to remember everything if you could?<\/li>\n<li>Can you trust anything on the internet?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The term thunks to describe the use of simple questions to develop thinking comes from Ian Gilbert\u2019s book <em>The Little Book of Thunks: 260 Questions to make your brain go ouch! <\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Are you what you eat?<\/li>\n<li>Which is better, natural or manmade?<\/li>\n<li>Do clothes make people \u2018cool\u2019?<\/li>\n<li>Are your shadows part of us?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Want a source of thunk questions? Try a little AI! If you ask ChatGPT or similar AI to create thunk questions for children it produces slightly generic questions\u00a0 &#8211; but if you have a special interest ask it to create questions based on that &#8211; whether it be Physics, Psychology or Pok\u00e9mon it is a great way to create new philosophical questions to ponder.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Is childhood the best time of our lives?<\/li>\n<li>Would life be better without mobile phones?<\/li>\n<li>Does the way we look affect the way we behave?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ea5b0c;\">Get Thunking!<\/span> <\/strong><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24808 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/potentialplusuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Problem-Solving-creativity-presenting-listening_960.jpg\" alt=\"skills builder logos for problem solving, creativity, presenting, listening\" width=\"562\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/potentialplusuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Problem-Solving-creativity-presenting-listening_960-75x25.jpg 75w, https:\/\/potentialplusuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Problem-Solving-creativity-presenting-listening_960-125x42.jpg 125w, https:\/\/potentialplusuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Problem-Solving-creativity-presenting-listening_960-200x67.jpg 200w, https:\/\/potentialplusuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Problem-Solving-creativity-presenting-listening_960-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/potentialplusuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Problem-Solving-creativity-presenting-listening_960-400x133.jpg 400w, https:\/\/potentialplusuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Problem-Solving-creativity-presenting-listening_960-500x167.jpg 500w, https:\/\/potentialplusuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Problem-Solving-creativity-presenting-listening_960-600x200.jpg 600w, https:\/\/potentialplusuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Problem-Solving-creativity-presenting-listening_960-610x203.jpg 610w, https:\/\/potentialplusuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Problem-Solving-creativity-presenting-listening_960-700x233.jpg 700w, https:\/\/potentialplusuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Problem-Solving-creativity-presenting-listening_960-800x267.jpg 800w, https:\/\/potentialplusuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Problem-Solving-creativity-presenting-listening_960.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you expect the unexpected, will the unexpected still be expected? 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