ASK: How to teach learning to learn in the secondary school - Brossura

Strang, Juliet

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1845900243 ISBN 13: 9781845900243

Casa editrice: Crown House Publishing, 2006

Riassunto

Villiers High is one of the first secondary schools in the country to introduce a fully developed curriculum designed so that students can learn how to learn. The results have been remarkable, with year on year improvements in public examination results and an increased student hunger to learn. "ASK: How to Teach Learning-to-Learn in the Secondary School" is a serious exploration of the new science of learning. Full of tried and tested teaching and learning strategies, this book will transform the way any teacher sees their subject. All of the lesson ideas detailed in this book are easily applied to any curriculum subject and if used across different subjects, quickly become a transferable map which can help students make sense of their learning and progress rapidly at secondary school.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Juliet Strang is headteacher of Villiers High School an 11-16 comprehensive school in Southall, West London. She has taught in five schools in different parts of the country, including as Assistant Headteacher at George Abbot School in Surrey and Deputy Headteacher at Cranford Community School in Hounslow before moving to Villiers High School in January 1997. She became an Advisory Teacher in the London Borough of Ealing in 1987 and then moved into educational research at King s College, London, firstly working for the Assessment of Performance Unit and then for the Consortium for Assessment and Testing in Schools. Philip Masterson studied at Nottingham Trent University, leaving with a BA Hons Humanities degree in Literature and Language. He trained as an English teacher at Brunel University and is currently working as a Deputy Headteacher at Villiers high School. Previously, at the same school, he has also been a Teacher Coach, Head of Year and the Co-ordinator for vocational education. He is a consultant for the Specialist School s Trust, the Institute of Education and Alite, specialising in Learning to Learn and Personalised Learning. He is also one of the school s trained counsellors, with a second PGCE in Guidance and Counselling. Last year he was the winner of the Pride In Our People teaching award for West London, sponsored by the Ealing Gazette and Thames Valley University. Olive Button graduated from Imperial College in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. He is Assistant Headteacher at Villiers High School in London. This is the third school he has taught at in London. Prior to Joining Villiers he was a Leading Mathematics Teacher and successfully led the mathematics department of a large inner-city comprehensive school to achieve Lead Department status under the Excellence in Cities initiative.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Crown House Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1845900243
• ISBN 13: 9781845900243
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 186
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile