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Understanding Effective Learning : Strategies For The Classroom.
Title:
Understanding Effective Learning : Strategies For The Classroom.
Author:
Hewitt, Des.
ISBN:
9780335235490
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (191 pages)
Contents:
Front Cover -- Half-title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Defining approach of this book -- Structure of the book -- Chapter 1: Overview: What is learning? -- Classroom context and questions -- Learning and instruction -- A complex view of learning -- Models of learning and instruction -- Self-regulated learning -- Learning strategies -- Metacognition -- Motivation and emotions in learning -- Summary of implications for the teacher -- Chapter 2: The problem with learning -- Curriculum developments and learning: English as an example -- Brain fact and fiction -- Developing thinking -- Learning styles and strategies -- 'Affective' and 'effective' learning -- Summary of implications for the teacher -- Chapter 3: The competing social setting of learning -- The wider context for learning -- The school setting -- Coping strategies -- The self -- Network of interdependencies -- Summary of implications for the teacher -- Chapter 4: Learning strategies and the individual learner -- A framework of self-support learning strategies -- Strands of self-support learning strategies -- Pupil perspectives on learning -- Boys' and girls' perspectives on learning -- Self-support strategies and self-regulation -- Summary of implications for the teacher -- Chapter 5: Learning strategies and the teacher -- Teachers and learners -- Contingent teaching -- Self-support strategies and the teacher -- Teacher and pupil perspectives -- Objectives-led learning and teaching -- Summary of implications for the teacher -- Chapter 6: Whole school approaches to learning strategies -- Whole school issues in learning -- Learning in four schools -- Developing self-support strategies in the National Curriculum -- Developing self-support strategies in the Key Stage 3 Strategy -- Developing classroom practice.

From individualized teaching to the learning of individuals -- Further strategies for developing classroom learning -- Summary of implications for the teacher -- Chapter 7: Conclusion -- Planning for the use of learning strategies -- Reflection on learning strategies -- Socialization and personalization -- Summary of implications for the teacher -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.
Abstract:
Examines learning in a range of classroom settings and draws on evidence from teachers and pupils, through interviews and observations. This book provides a mixture of examples, reflection points, case studies and strategies for the classroom to provide the reader with a range of ideas to encourage effective learning in their classroom.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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