The GCSE Mindset Student Workbook: 40 activities for transforming commitment, motivation and productivity (Pack of 25 books) - Softcover

Steve Oakes; Martin Griffin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1785833219 ISBN 13: 9781785833212

Publisher: Crown House Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

<P>A practical workbook of activities designed to supercharge GCSE students resilience, positivity, organisation and determination.</P> <P>Successful students approach their studies with the right behaviours, skills and attitudes: they understand how to learn and revise effectively, theyre determined and organised, they give more discretionary effort and they get top results. Success at GCSE is a result of character, not intelligence.</P> <P>'The GCSE Mindset Student Workbook' offers students a structured way to work through the 40 activities in Steve Oakes and Martin Griffins The GCSE Mindset (ISBN 978-178583184-3). It coaches students to develop the key characteristics which will help them be successful at GCSE: vision, effort, systems, practice and attitude (VESPA). Based on the authors collective 30-plus years of teaching and coaching, this practical workbook will enable students to break through barriers, build resilience, better manage their workload and release their potential.</P> <P>Sold in packs of 25.</P>

About this title

About the Author

<P>Martin Griffin has 20 years experience teaching post-16 students, and has been a head of faculty, assistant head teacher and deputy head teacher. He was the director of sixth form at The Blue Coat School, a twice Ofsted-outstanding comprehensive sixth form where student progress is among the top 10 per cent in the country. He works with schools and colleges to design and implement character development and mindset programmes.</P> <P>Steve Oakes is the Director of Education at AQR International, where he leads the work on mental toughness in education. Prior to his current position, he was the Assistant Director of Sixth Form at The Blue Coat School in Oldham, where he has worked with his co-author, Martin Griffin, for eight years. Steve has developed and delivered an extensive range of consultancy courses; including work for the London, Manchester and Blackpool Challenge Programmes to improve schools and sixth forms across the country.</P>

Edition details

• Publisher: Crown House Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1785833219
• ISBN 13: 9781785833212
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 100