1. DEBRIEFING

2. WHAT IS DEBRIEFING?
Making thinking and learning
skills ‘visible’
‘Debriefing’ refers to the discussion
that takes place following or during
a learning episode.

3. INDIVIDUALLY
How Ss are
doing/have done the
task
GROUP
DEBRIEFING
STRATEGIES
Opportunities
for transferring
SKILLS

4. WHEN DEBRIEFING IN
CLASS…...
 Successful and appropriate if the pupils
have done a stimulating and challenging
task.
 Develop your students' ability to think
metacognitively by asking ‘rich’ questions.
Ask follow-up
questions to challenge
and extend their ‘join up’ their
thinking thinking to learn
from each other

5. WHEN DEBRIEFING IN
CLASS…...
Flexibility Reflexiveness Curiosity
Ask RICH
questions
Linked to Ss
attitudes
Empathy Open-mindeness Humor

6. WHEN DEBRIEFING IN
CLASS…...
 Don’t expect an immediate reply to
your rich question.
 Watch and Listen to groups as they
work.
 Success of debriefing is heavily
influenced by the classroom climate.

7. WHEN DEBRIEFING IN
CLASS…...
 Plan
analogies/stories/examples that
show how the thinking strategies/skills
that pupils are learning.
 Protect time to conduct the
debriefing.
 Aim to make thinking and learning
skills explicit, and help students to
develop a language for talking and