Accelerated Learning in Practice: Brain-based Methods for Accelerating Motivation and Achievement - Couverture rigide

Smith, Alistair

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 185539068X ISBN 13 : 9781855390683

Editeur : Network Educational Press Ltd, 1998

Synopsis

Accelerated Learning in Practice is the author's second book which takes Nobel Prize winning brain-research into the classroom. It uses the author's Accelerated Learning cycle to show what to do so that students are motivated to learn quickly, effectively and with improved recall. There are separate sections on: global learning trends and why we should pay attention to them; 9 principles of learning based on brain-research; guaranteed ways to motivate learners; esteem-building tools for schools, teachers and parents; proven methods for purposeful target-setting; language rich environments; the 7 stage Accelerating Learning cycle; intelligence and how to teach for it; music, movement and memory 17 different ways in which schools have made Accelerated Learning work Accelerated Learning in Practice is structured to help readers access and retain the information necessary to begin to accelerate their own learning and that of the students they teach. With over 100 learning tools, case studies from 36 schools and 7 Local Education Authorities and an up to the minute resources section it is a must for anyone serious about learning.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Alistair was born and educated in Scotland. His working life has included time spent as a door-to-door salesman, a labourer on construction sites and in a woollen mill, in adult and prisons education and as a museum guide. Later in life he discovered education and began a crusade to transform teaching in classrooms. His books include Accelerated Learning in the Classroom, The ALPS Approach (with Nicola Call) and The Learning Family: How to Accelerate Your Child's Learning. He is currently working on a generic model of learning and on a publication that describes how brain research can impact on classroom practice. He is series editor of the Accelerated Learning Series for Network Educational Press and runs AL!TE, a training company that aims to help teachers and learners 'expand the horizons of possibility'.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Network Educational Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 185539068X
• ISBN 13: 9781855390683
• Reliure: Relié
• Illustrateur: Caviglioli Oliver
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Éditeur: Peach Sara, Thompson Carol
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible