Cultures of Thinking in Action: 10 Mindsets to Transform our Teaching and Students’ Learning

Coming June 7, 2023. Pre-Order Here

From leading educational researcher Ron Ritchhart, a deep dive that illuminates what the foundational mindsets needed to create cultures of thinking really looks like in action.

Building on the framework presented in the best-selling Creating Cultures of Thinking, Ron Ritchhart’s new book, Cultures of Thinking in Action, takes the next step in helping readers not only understand how a culture of thinking looks and feels, but also how to create it for themselves and their learners. Arguing that no set of practices or techniques alone is sufficient to create a culture of thinking in and of itself, Ritchhart explores the underlying beliefs that motivate the creation of cultures of thinking, presenting key mindsets every educator and leader needs to embrace if they are serious about creating powerful thinkers and learners.

Much more than just an instructional guide, Cultures of Thinking in Action offers readers a reflective journey into their own teaching, leading, and parentingwhile providing the foundation and concrete strategies needed to create and develop a culture of thinking for all learners.

This book:

  • Presents ten foundational mindsets of a culture of thinking

  • Includes the latest research of the Cultures of Thinking Project

  • Includes questions, exercises, and discussion prompts to inspire reflection by individuals and teams

  • Provides case studies and best practice scenarios to exemplify each mindset

  • Provides useful data collection tools to inform one’s teaching practice

“How do we empower and support adults in deep learning so that they will create the same conditions for students in their classrooms? In Cultures of Thinking in Action, Ron Ritchhart provides the roadmap to help move us beyond one-off performative “thinking” strategies toward transformative habits of mind and practice for both teachers and students that create the conditions for deep learning.
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— QuoteZaretta Hammond, Author, Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students Source
“Internationally renowned leader of Making Thinking Visible and Teaching for Understanding work, Ron Ritchhart begins this book by reminding us that there is no quick fix to promote thinking and understanding—we must cultivate school cultures that empower teachers and students to think and work deeply together. Thankfully, he then provides hundreds of concrete practices, routines, structures, and questions to guide us in creating classroom and school cultures of deeper thinking and learning
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— Ron Berger, Senior Advisor for Teaching & Learning at EL Education, Co-author Leaders of Their Own Learning
“As of this writing, I have been a professional educator for 51 ½ years, and a long-time advocate for the cultivation of thinking. Cultures of Thinking in Action is one of the finest books on this topic I have read. If you value a thoughtful education, you’ll savor this book
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— Jay McTighe, Educational Consultant and Co-author of the Understanding by Design® series

Advance Praise for Cultures of Thinking in Action

“Cultures of Thinking in Action is a wonderful book. Unlike too many books for teachers, Ron Ritchhart invites, inspires, and supports educators to think, to examine the why of teaching instead of imposing on them a set of good practices.
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— Yong Zhao, Ph.D., Foundation Distinguished Professor, School of Education, University of Kansas and Professor in Educational Leadership Melbourne Graduate School of Education
“Ritchhart’s newest book gets to the heart of one of society’s most pernicious problems—how to meaningfully improve education—by helping teachers and administrators understand the social and cultural ‘why’s’ behind the procedural ‘how’s’ of pedagogical practice. Cultures of Thinking in Action is essential reading for anyone genuinely interested in building schools that effectively support children’s learning.
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— Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Director, Center for Affective Neuroscience, Development, Learning and Education and Professor of Education, Psychology & Neuroscience, University of Southern California
“No one has thought more about how to teach for good thinking than Ron Ritchhart. Drawing on decades of experience and multiple bodies of research, Cultures of Thinking in Action offers wisdom, guidance, and inspiration for any teacher grappling with the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of classroom teaching.
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— Jason Baehr, Author of Deep in Thought: A Practical Guide to Intellectual Virtues, co-founder of Intellectual Virtues Academy of Long Beach