Description
| Product ID: | 9781138940130 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | High Performance Learning |
| Subtitle: | How to become a world class school |
| Authors: | Author: Deborah , Westminster Institute of Education, Oxford Brookes University; Senior Lecturer, Westminst |
| Page Count: | 136 |
| Subjects: | Educational psychology, Educational psychology, Educational administration and organization, Teaching of gifted or talented students, Organization & management of education, Teaching of gifted students |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Based on 40 years of research into how the most able students think and learn, High Performance Learning takes what is known about the characteristics of advanced cognitive performance and translates it into a practical and user-friendly framework which can be used with all students and staff. Flexible and adaptable it can used in any context, with any curriculum and at any age. It does not require separate lessons but rather becomes the underpinning pedagogy of the school. Evidence based and extensively trialled in schools in eleven countries, this book provides readers with a ground breaking and approachable model for achieving high levels of academic performance for all students and schools. Schools that want to be world class are now paying attention to the findings from neuroscience and psychology that tell us we can build better brains. They are changing their mindset, expecting success for far more students and no longer being constrained by ideas of genetic potential. High Performance Learning provides readers with a ground-breaking and approachable model for achieving high levels of academic performance for all students and schools. It takes what is known about how people reach advanced cognitive performance and translates it into a practical and user-friendly framework, which can be used with all students to systematically build the cognitive thinking skills and learner behaviours that will deliver success in school, in the workplace and in later life. Flexible and adaptable, High Performance Learning can be used in any context, with any curriculum and at any age. It does not require separate lessons but rather becomes the underpinning pedagogy of the school. Drawing on the author’s 40 years of research into how the most able students think and learn, this book provides a framework that has been extensively trialled in schools in eleven countries. . Themes include:
This invaluable resource will help schools make the move from good to world class and will be essential reading for school leaders, teachers and those with an interest in outstanding academic performance. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-01-12 |
