Learning to Learn for Life 3: Research and practical examples for Secondary Schools (Campaign for Learning) - Softcover

Goodbourn, Rebecca; Hartley, Tricia; Higgins, Steve; Wall, Kate

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826435939 ISBN 13: 9780826435934

Publisher: Network Continuum, 2010

Synopsis

This third book in the Learning to learn for life series offers practical examples for everyone interested in developing better schools and lifelong learners, and has a particular emphasis on Key Stages 3 and 4.
This book is based on the Campaign for Learning's Learning to Learn in Schools Action Research Project, which is examining how to help pupils learn most effectively and so give each one the best chance to achieve his or her full potential.
This book includes:
what learning to learn isan outline of the Learning to Learn in Schools Actions Research Project - what it aims to achieve, the results so far and emerging areas of interestcase studies written by secondary school teachers with a wealth of activities that can be adapted by individual schoolsideas to help teachers move learning to learn forward in schoola list of helpful resources
The Campaign for Learning is working for a society where active participation in learning is recognised as the key to improving life chances, fulfilling potential and promoting citizenship.

About this title

About the Author

Rebecca Goodbourn is Policy and Research Manager at the Campaign for Learning and leads its two Learning to Learn projects in schools and FE, a range of other research and development projects and its policy programme.

Tricia Hartley is Chief Executive of the Campaign for Learning. After a teaching career spanning primary, secondary and adult learning, she now leads the Campaign for Learning in its mission to help improve the life chances of young people and adults by facilitating active participation in learning.

Steve Higgins is Professor of Education at Durham University. His research interests lie mainly within the areas of effective use of information and communications technology in schools, understanding how children's thinking and reasoning develops, and how teachers can be supported in developing teaching and learning in their classrooms.

Dr Kate Wall is a Senior Lecturer with the Research Centre for Learning and Teaching at Newcastle University. Her work is focused around learner perspectives of thinking and ways of scaffolding productive talk about 'what works' in learning and teaching.

Edition details

• Publisher: Network Continuum
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826435939
• ISBN 13: 9780826435934
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128