This practical A4 pack contains activities and ideas for teachers and students to learn more about learning. Learning about Learning is a practical way of teaching important and neglected theories of learning. The idea is that if teachers and students learn about what learning is and how it happens they understand a greater range of learning possibilities and approaches and improve their learning and teaching skills.
This practical A4 pack contains activities and ideas for teachers and students to learn more about learning. Learning about Learning is a pract...
Today's schools are subject to increasing demand and constraint; their work is more complex and fast changing than ever before; politicians and press demand quick fixes. This book paints the picture of a new integrity for our schools as they face a challenging future. Themes addressed include:
* schools as places of learning and integrity * the curriculum * family, child and intercultural perspectives * community relations * policy and governance.
The authors demonstrate how a connected approach is necessary if schools are to hold themselves together and play a...
Today's schools are subject to increasing demand and constraint; their work is more complex and fast changing than ever before; politicians and pre...
Today's schools are subject to increasing demand and constraint; their work is more complex and fast changing than ever before; politicians and press demand quick fixes. This book paints the picture of a new integrity for our schools as they face a challenging future. Themes addressed include:
* schools as places of learning and integrity * the curriculum * family, child and intercultural perspectives * community relations * policy and governance.
The authors demonstrate how a connected approach is necessary if schools are to hold themselves together and play a...
Today's schools are subject to increasing demand and constraint; their work is more complex and fast changing than ever before; politicians and pre...
'Teachers will find this book helpful because it locates convincing theoretical reasoning with the familiar practice of the learning environments of the secondary school' - British Journal Educational Psychology
'Teachers will find this book helpful because it locates convincing theoretical reasoning with the familiar practice of the learning environments of t...
Presents case studies and examples from practitioners and examines the four major dimensions of advancing real learning: active learning, collaborative learning, learner-driven learning, learning about learning.
Presents case studies and examples from practitioners and examines the four major dimensions of advancing real learning: active learning, collaborativ...
Society does something strange to us as we get old. We are no longer seen as valued participants in the world but marginalized as burdens and problems to be solved. We become the other. This book presents a different vision of the future. Drawing on fifty interviews with people aged fifty to ninety, it proves aging is not simply passive decline but a process of learning, joy, political engagement, challenge, and achievement. For example: Mary, 83, has resisted her children s suggestion to downsize and is fostering two teenage boys. Joseph, 68, fights for the rights of small farmers worldwide....
Society does something strange to us as we get old. We are no longer seen as valued participants in the world but marginalized as burdens and problems...
