Learning Power in Practice: A Guide for Teachers

Author:   Ruth Deakin Crick
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
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9781412922197


Pages:   144
Publication Date:   24 August 2006
Format:   Hardback
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"'This book provides a variety of ideas for use in the classroom, based on practical applications of the conceptual understanding of learning power...[It] tells the reader about the ""Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory"" research programme (ELLI) and uses practical examples of how it can work in actual classes to explain its effectiveness. Its value for practitioners working with children with SEN appears to be in the way it challenges them to look at themselves as learners - also how they can support the children they work with to become more effective learners' - Special Needs Coordinator's File 'This is not a gimmicky approach...The approach here fosters deeper understanding for both the teacher and learner of exactly what the process involves...It contains much to interest schoolteachers, senior managers and those involved with learners of any age' - ESCalate Contains Learning Power flash cards! What kind of learner are you? How can you become a better learner? This book puts the findings of the well known Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory (ELLI) research programme into the practical context of the classroom, helping you to find answers to these questions. The book offers many suggestions for practical ways to improve the learning power of all the children in your class. It looks at: "" learning power - what it is and how it can be achieved "" creating the right classroom environment for powerful learning "" how learning power works in the primary and secondary school classroom "" how animal metaphors can be used with children to explain concepts. This is an exciting read for anyone interested in how children learn, and how we can help them to learn more effectively. It fits in very well with the debate around such concepts as accelerated learning, thinking skills and learning styles."

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Author:   Ruth Deakin Crick
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9781412922197


ISBN 10:   1412922194
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   24 August 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Powerful Learning: What Is It? The Stories of Three Learners Typical Learning Profiles Creating a Learner-Centred Classroom It′s All about Values: Learning Power and Wellbeing Developing Learning Power in the Primary Classroom: Animal Metaphors as a Vehicle for Learning Powerful Learning in the Primary School Learning Power in the Secondary School Learning Power, Leadership and School Self-Evaluation Learning Power and Education for Citizenship and Enterprise

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′ This is not a gimmicky approach...The approach here fosters deeper understanding for both the teacher and learner of exactly what the process involves...It contains much to interest schoolteachers, senoir managers and those involved with learners of any age′-ESCalate


' This is not a gimmicky approach...The approach here fosters deeper understanding for both the teacher and learner of exactly what the process involves...It contains much to interest schoolteachers, senoir managers and those involved with learners of any age'-ESCalate


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