2nd Edition
Challenging Learning Theory, effective practice and lesson ideas to create optimal learning in the classroom
By James Nottingham
Copyright 2016
212 Pages
57 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
212 Pages
57 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
212 Pages
57 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Challenging Learning offers advice and techniques for helping children of all ages develop into confident, thoughtful and independent learners. Based around the acronym ASK (Attitudes, Skills and Knowledge), this essential guide explores attitudes, skills and knowledge to learning. It considers the strategies that can help teachers to challenge their pupils to think more skilfully and logically... Read more
1. What is Challenging Learning? 2. Feedback 3. Application 4. Challenge 5. Thinking 6. Self-esteem 7. The Learning Pit 8. Lesson Ideas
Biography
James Nottingham is a leader in transforming up-to-date research into best practice for teaching and learning. Initially a teacher and leader in schools for 3–18 year olds, he now runs his own company, Challenging Learning, with a team of consultants across Scandinavia, the UK and Australia.
"Through the use of rich examples of classroom interactions, this book offers strategies that will help pupils to produce their own thoughtful conclusions, develop their own concepts, examine logic and remain open to alternatives. Highlights include: effective teaching strategies including FACTS, the Teaching Target Model and the Learning Pit Models; up-to-date research and theory from leading experts; practical suggestions and principles to help you design and develop your own lessons. Not simply for teachers, this book has relevance for all those who work with children. Jargon-free and accessible, it will be relevant and valuable for all."- Sarah Brew, Parents in Touch
