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The Private Eye Project is a research-based educational program created by Kerry Ruef in 1988. Founded in both inquiry-based learning and active learning approaches, it is designed to accelerate student learning by the development of critical thinking skills, creativity, literacy, and scientific literacy. Some of the main themes are "close observation", "thinking by analogy", "hands-on investigation", "changing scale", and "theorizing". One of the main tools used in the program for enhancing close observation is a loupe. The first three and one-half years were grant-funded by the Discuren Charitable Foundation and piloted in the Seattle Public Schools.[1]

As of October 2010, The Private Eye Project has been used by thousands of teachers and over 3 million students.[2] The Private Eye Project is both a curriculum and staff development program; its teacher-training component is also distributed via university school of education programs.[3]It is viewed as a powerful program for fostering ecoliteracy.[4] It is considered an innovative program for teaching thinking.[5] The methodology of The Private Eye Project is sometimes referenced in discussions of creativity and critical thinking.[6]

In May 2015, The Private Eye was featured in Microscopy Today,[7] the journal of the Microscopy Society of America.

Research basis

The Northwest Educational Technology Consortium lists The Private Eye Project first in the list of resources for research-based strategies for effective instruction in critical thinking.[8] SEDL, formerly the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, includes the materials of The Private Eye Project in its "Science After School" list of resources for advancing research, improving education.[9] Education Resources Information Center lists The Private Eye Project as an educational resource.[10]

References

  1. ^ The Private Eye. "What is the Private Eye?". The-private-eye.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
  2. ^ "The Private Eye and The Interdisciplinary Mind". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
  3. ^ "About Us". Ed.uab.edu. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
  4. ^ Michael K. Stone and Zenobia Barlow, eds., Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World, Sierra Club Books (2005)
  5. ^ "Private Eye Program Makes Connections in World, Brains". WBHM. Archived from the original on 2012-01-29. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
  6. ^ Bernstein, Robert (1999). Sparks of genius : the thirteen thinking tools of the world's most creative people. Boston, Mass: Houghton Mifflin Co. p. 156. ISBN 978-0-395-90771-9.
  7. ^ Ruef, Kerry. "The Private Eye: (5X) Looking/Thinking by Analogy". May 2015. accessed October 25, 2015.http://content.yudu.com/web/14lmv/0A3cxwn/MicroscopyTodayV23N3/flash/resources/52.htm
  8. ^ "Identifying Similarities and Differences | Researched-Based Strategies | Focus on Effectiveness". Netc.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
  9. ^ "The Private Eye: (5X) Looking/Thinking by Analogy - from the Science Afterschool Consumers Guide". Sedl.org. 2008-04-23. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
  10. ^ "ERIC - Education Resources Information Center". Eric.ed.gov:80. Archived from the original on 2023-08-13. Retrieved 2011-05-13.

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