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Powering up children: the learning power approach to primary teaching / Claxton, Guy; Carlzon, Becky 2019  Book
Claxton, Guy Book
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Publication Wales, Crown House Publishing, 2019.
Description x, 311pGreen spine
Summary/Abstract In Powering Up Children: The Learning Power Approach to primary teaching, Guy Claxton and Becky Carlzon harness the design principles of the Learning Power Approach (LPA) to provide a rich resource of effective teaching strategies for use in the primary school classroom.
Contents Intro; Praise; Title Page; Dedication; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: An Overview of the Learning Power Approach; What Is the LPA?; How Does the LPA Work?; The Strands of the LPA; The LPA Psychology of Learning; What Does the LPA Ask of Teachers?; Where Does the LPA Come From?; What Does the LPA Offer?; Why Does the LPA Matter?; Chapter 2: The Learning Power Approach in Action; What Does the LPA Actually Look Like?; Summary; Chapter 3: Setting the Scene: Making Your Classroom a Safe and Interesting Place to Be a Learner Prerequisites for a Learning-Powered ClassroomDipping Your Toes In; Model respect, understanding, and kindness; Create a calm, orderly, and accessible classroom; Have clear expectations, focusing behaviour around learning; Make it socially safe to be a learner; Build trust; Digging Deeper; Make learning intriguing, engaging, and purposeful; Distinguish between learning mode and performance mode; Summary; Chapter 4: Designing the Environment; Designing the Environment with Learning Power in Mind; Dipping Your Toes In; Think about the layout and use of the furniture Assess the provision of resourcesSource inspirational quotes that reflect positive learning habits; Make anchor charts; Create a wonder wall; Create a personal best wall; Show works in progress; Diving Deeper; Build interactive displays that strengthen learning muscles; Bumps Along the Way; Summary; Chapter 5: The Languages of Learning; The Languages of Learning; Dipping Your Toes In; Refer to "learning" rather than "work"; Capitalise on the power of "yet"; Invite the children to use their imaginations with "Let's say ... "; Use "could be" language; Make use of "wonder." Rethink your language around "ability"Talk about the innards of learning; Open up a dialogue about making mistakes; Informally notice the effective use of learning muscles; Model fallibility; Model metacognition; Diving Deeper; Examine the underlying values; Get everyone speaking learnish; Learn by example; Bumps Along the Way; Summary; Chapter 6: Collaboration and Conversation; What's So Great About Collaborative Learning?; Collaboration and Conversation; Dipping Your Toes In; Build awareness and understanding of collaboration as a learning muscle; Create a display around collaboration Plan for collaborationValue and praise effective collaboration; Ask the children to choose their own learning partners; Create scaffolds and frames for talk; Diving Deeper; Make the shift from teacher to learning coach; Plan roles within a group; Open up discussions around group sizes; Purposefully and cumulatively develop oracy skills; Use collaboration for peer feedback and reflection; Extend, deepen, and assess collaboration; Bumps Along the Way; Summary; Chapter 7: Making Learning Challenging and Adjustable; Make Learning Challenging and Adjustable; Dipping Your Toes In Chapter 8: Independence and responsibility Chapter 9: Reflection, improvement, and craftsmanship Chapter 10: Beyond the single lesson
Standard Number 9781785833373 Pb.
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The Home Corner - Learning Through Play / Garnett, Su 1996  Book
Garnett, Su Book
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Publication USA, Scholastic, 1996.
Description 64pGreen Spine
Series Learning through play
Summary/Abstract Shows how with children's help, you can create eight learning environments in your room, from a jewellery shop and vet's surgery to a seaside cafe and library.
Contents Jewellery Shop - Alphabet Jewellery Design a Necklace Precious Jewellery Treasure Trove Twisters Miaow! Travel Agency - Where am I? How did you travel? Let's celebrate Where shall we go? We're off! I got rhythm! Vet's Surgery - Pet Diagrams Couting Rhymes Stroke Gently! Look Carefully Pets Need Space Making Cages Flower Shop - Petals All Shapes and Sizes Comparing Notes How Do Flowers Grow? Sunflowers Beautiful Flowers Seaside Cafe - Caroline's Cafe Table for Four Good Behaviour! Feeling Hungry? Have Fun! By the Seaside Post Office - Funny Stories Is there any Post? Hey Mr. Postman! Home Sweet Home Happy Birthday Guess What? Library - Books, Books, Glorious Books! Where can I find it? Are you sitting comfortably? On, Off, Pause! Our Own Books What Season? Toy Shop - Let me show you Up, Down or Level? Let's pretend Hit the Keys! What am I? Can I play?
Standard Number 0590536397 Pb.
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