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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Pat Guy (Eton College, UK)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9781138672505ISBN 10: 1138672505 Pages: 168 Publication Date: 18 July 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsSection 1.The need for an inclusive education system that embraces and builds on pupil difference. Chapter 1. Pupils’ experience of education: aspects of the current education system that can demoralise pupils:- The development of unhelpful mindsets. Extroverts v introverts. A failure to recognise and provide for pupils with alternative approaches to learning. A failure to recognise the effect of chronological age on pupil performance. The over use of testing. Chapter 2. The links between attitude and intelligence. Section 2. Developing pupils’ self confidence and emotional well being within the mainstream context. Chapter 3. Metacognition. Chapter 4. Social skills. Chapter 5. Self confidence. Chapter 6. Creativity. Section 3. Learning rather than teaching: three possible solutions. Solution 1. Increased involvement in sport. Solution 2. Providing adequate opportunities for play. Solution 3. Promoting reading for pleasure. Section 4. Ten Top Tips. Advice sheets. Active learning techniques. The brain and learning. Pupil advice sheet. A healthy life style. Developing pupils’ listening and attention skills. Pupil advice sheet. How to motivate yourself. Organisation. How to help pupils to organise themselves. Resilience. Developing pupils’ resilience. Specific learning difficulties or differences. Questionnaire. How I learn. Questionnaire. Study skills.ReviewsPat Guy is an experienced teacher and his new book provides practical ideas to support schools in auditing their school systems to ensure that they are not contributing to pupils' unhappiness, stress and anxiety [...] The publication is full of helpful and practical ideas to make school safe and life enhancing for all pupils and concludes with tips and advice sheets that would be usefully shared in any staff meeting to develop and share expectations on developing positive learning environments that work for all. - Special Needs Information Press (SNIP) Author InformationPat Guy is currently teaching in Eton College’s Learning Centre, UK, and has previously published Transforming Reading Skills in the Secondary School with Routledge. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |