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Dear SOPHIA Network members,
Following the success of the Guided Socratic Discussion [GSD] course `Thinking
Adventures' with 3,000 children in 2006, which was funded by the Scottish
Executive (national government), East Renfrewshire Dept. of Education has
commissioned me to write a further 6 GSD courses (12 books) for children aged 8
� 16.
And East Renfrewshire will implement the courses with ALL 8 �16 year old
children in 31 schools - approximately 14,000 children and teenagers over the
next 2 years!
East Renfrewshire is the most successful Education Department in Scotland,
judged by the HMI's * on every category of academic measurement and also on
parochial care, sports, music, community involvement etc. They are an innovative
Education Department while also maintaining the highest academic results in the
country. So the fact that they have chosen to fund and implement the whole GSD
curriculum will, we hope, be seen as a model for Scotland.
cheers,
Catherine
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