Transforming Learning and Teaching
We can if...
First Edition
- Barbara MacGilchrist - Institute of Education, University of London, UK
- Margaret Buttress - Headteacher Highlands Primary School, London Borough of Redbridge
December 2004 | 208 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
This book shows how a group of primary schools transformed their learning and teaching and how the focus on learning led to significant improvements in children's motivation, behavior, and engagement in learning and learning outcomes. The authors share the practical strategies the schools used for supporting and enhancing:
- Children's learning
- Teachers' learning
- The schools' capacity for learning
Introduction - `We Can If… '
Setting the Scene
Getting Started and Keeping Going
Developing Our Teaching Practice to Enhance Pupils' Learning
Supporting Teachers as Learners and Researchers
Providing Leadership for Learning
Accelerating Children's Learning
Keeping Track of Children's Learning
Evaluating the Impact of the 'Learning to Learn' Project
Growing Learners - Children's Views about Learning
Transforming Learning and Teaching - Lessons and Key Principles