Supporting Effective Learning

by Eileen Carnell, Caroline M Lodge

Overview

This teacher-friendly book focuses on how secondary students learn and how those in different roles in schools can promote their learning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761970477
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	01/04/2002
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.53(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr Caroline Lodge
Qualifications and position:
BA, MA, Ed D, Member of NAPCE, AUT
Senior Lecturer In School Improvemt And Effectiveness
Faculty:
Faculty of Children and Learning
Department:
Department of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment
Summary:
A former secondary headteacher in an inner London school, Caroline has been studying school improvement, learning and teacher development for many years. Her most recent interest is in involving young people in research, including in visual research.
Teaching:
Leader of MA in School Effectiveness and School Improvement. Contributes to other programmes: eg Doctoral.
Professional Activities:
Editorial Board: Improving Schools
Conferences/presentations:
University of Southern Queensland Keynote on Engaging student voice to improve pedagogy and learning: An exploration of examples of innovative pedagogical approaches for school improvement (October 2007)

Table of Contents

The Learner and Learning
Learning in the Classroom
Learning at Risk
Tutors, Tutor Groups and Learning
Learning Conversations
Connecting Learning
Pastoral Teams and Learning
Teachers Learning about Learning
Schools for Learning

Editorial Reviews

‘Teachers will find this book helpful because of it locates convincing theoretical reasoning with the familiar practice of the learning environments of the secondary school. Many other learners, in formal education and beyond, might simply find the book an informative and challenging read.... The book provides more than a theoretical and ideological extension of a social constructivist of model learning. It identifies a realistic way forward. Perhaps it will have the impact it deserves' - British Journal Educational Psychology

‘Eileen Carnell and Caroline Lodge have given us a book with many virtues…. It is thoughtful and thought-provoking, and the many examples and case studies bring the theoretical discussions alive' - Ron Best, Cambridge Journal of Education

‘The overall style of the book is highly reader-friendly. The links between ideas are clear, the case studies are by and large helpful, and the bullet pointed practical strategies are substantial enough to give practitioners throughout the key stages new ideas to try. This is an intelligently written book which does much to further the effective learning debate' - Angela Scott, British Journal of Special Education

'This book is highly useful for teacher trainees (pre-service and in-service). School administrators will find it useful to develop a system that will help change focus from teaching to learning. Above all, anyone interested in student learning will find the volume extremely useful' - Sanjaya Mishra, British Journal of Educational Technology

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