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The Private Eye: Looking/Thinking by Analogy - A Guide to Developing the Interdisciplinary Mind Paperback – Jan. 1 1876

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The Private Eye is a program about the drama and wonder of looking closely at the world, thinking by analogy, and changing scale. It's also about theorizing. Designed to develop higher order thinking skills, creativity and scientific literacy - across subjects, it's based on a simple set of "tools" that produce "gifted" results. Hands-on, investigative, The Private Eye - using everyday objects, a jeweler's loupe, and simple questions - accelerates science, writing, art, math and social studies, as well as vocational and technological education. It builds communication, problem solving, and concentration skills. For K-12 through life, all levels, The Private Eye develops "the interdisciplinary mind."

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English
Publisher

Skylight Professional Development
Publication date

Jan. 1 1876
Dimensions

20.96 x 1.27 x 27.31 cm
ISBN-10

0960543414
ISBN-13

978-0960543410
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Skylight Professional Development (Jan. 1 1876)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0960543414
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0960543410
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 544 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 20.96 x 1.27 x 27.31 cm

Best Sellers Rank: #240,803 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Kerry Ruef

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Kerry Ruef is a dynamic, innovative educator whose goal is to give kids (and adults) the most efficient and powerful intellectual tools for success in life. She is also a poet, writer, amateur naturalist, and former classroom teacher.

The seeds of The Private Eye Project sprouted when she began seeking the habits of mind that are common denominators behind painters, poets, scientists, inventors, businesspersons, salespersons, great learners, and great teachers.

By 1988 she'd arrived at a theory, encapsulated in The Private Eye process. On a four-year grant from the Discuren Foundation, she piloted The Private Eye process in The Seattle Public Schools. In doing so she introduced jeweler's loupes (as a thinking tool) to the world of education, and identified the concept of thinking by analogy as the most powerful means to magnify minds. Students showed remarkable gains in ability to communicate, think creatively, and problem-solve.

To date the nationally-acclaimed Private Eye program has spread to thousands of teachers (kindergarten through college) and over three million students in the United States and Canada.

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Virginia Schoolkate

Very good

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on March 24, 2021

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My daughter is gifted so this is perfect for our homeschool. Thank you.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on December 15, 2019

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Came on time...product was as described, would buy again from this seller.

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apoem

A superb Science Book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 1, 2006

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This book is clearly written with illustrations to demonstrate a point or demonstrate the type of artwork you can expect with a child.

It is an excellent book that teaches you how to put the scientific method to use. It teaches you to think creatively and to see the world in a new way. It is an exciting method for the teacher and if the teacher thinks it is exciting, then the children are ecstatic.

I bought this for my homeschool classroom and have not regretted it one bit. If I were to return to teaching this would be one of the books I would bring back to the classroom.

And it is inexpensive. With this book, a sharp pencil, a loupe and some drawing paper the world is open to you. It is a new way of looking and thinking and delving deeper and making comparisons between things.

The first chapter gives a great overview of the method and the rest of the chapters develop the theme further.

Well worth every penny. Enjoy.

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A. VanDerwater

Tremendous Tool for Discovering Hidden Worlds and Words

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 2, 2013

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As an author and writing teacher, I am always seeking new ways to explore the world, and THE PRIVATE EYE book and website have given me a tool for seeing more deeply than I ever have before. The wisely simple and simply wise method of using a jewelers loupe as a tool for understanding is fascinating for young child and adult alike. Again and again, the room falls to a hush as children and grown-ups hold loupes up to their eyes and disappear into new-found countries of fingerprints and leaves, stamps and coins. A leap to analogy makes complete sense, and suddenly we are all writing poetry from our careful discovery-drawings; we are all artists, scientists, poets. THE PRIVATE EYE crosses barriers of discipline, helping us know our world more intimately in so many ways. I am tremendously grateful for what this book has done for my eyes, and I plan to share it far and wide.

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Shelia

Teaching with loupes? You need this!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 31, 2019

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Great product, great price. I'd buy again

Mary Lynn

Not what I was hoping for... a ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 17, 2016

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Not what I was hoping for...a lot of narrative about the same idea. I was hoping for more relevant ideas to use in the classroom. There were some ideas, but a lot of the book was redundant and repetitive.

I paint nature

Not what I expected.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 9, 2018

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Wasn't as good as I hoped. Gave it away.

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