ASK: How to teach learning to learn in the secondary school

Strang, Juliet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845900243 ISBN 13: 9781845900243

Publisher: Crown House Publishing, 2006

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Review:

This is a stimulating report of practice which has promoted learning skills and coaching to raise achievement. With the new agenda to raise aspirations of lower achievers and disaffected / disruptive students this book has essential ideas for developing and sustaining motivation, understanding group dynamics and managing relationships. I would recommend ASK as a valuable resource within schools and colleges to promote the learning to learn skills of students at all levels. John Morris, JTM Educational Consultants --John Morris, JTM Educational Consultants

A treasure-trove of material. I heartily commend [this] book to you. It is the real work of real teachers in a real school. They have forged an approach to the nation s most pressing education issue that translates the theory and rhetoric into classroom action. You can adopt their template or customise it; you can read this book as a stimulating case study or as a blueprint. Either way, it will enrich your thinking and practice and ultimately bring great benefits to your students. Paul Ginnis, trainer and best selling author of The Teacher s Toolkit --Paul Ginnis, trainer and best selling author of The Teacher s Toolkit

Effective, independent learners which school would not wish for these? ASK provides a compendium of practical, down-to-earth approaches, strategies and materials to developing learning to learn. All schools could learn from this one school s journey. Lyn Bull Independent Education Consultant, G&T Consultant, MFL Consultant --Lyn Bull Independent Education Consultant, G&T Consultant, MFL Consultant

About the Author:

Juliet Strang is headteacher of Villiers High School an 11-16 comprehensive school in Southall, West London. She has taught in five schools in different parts of the country, including as Assistant Headteacher at George Abbot School in Surrey and Deputy Headteacher at Cranford Community School in Hounslow before moving to Villiers High School in January 1997. She became an Advisory Teacher in the London Borough of Ealing in 1987 and then moved into educational research at King s College, London, firstly working for the Assessment of Performance Unit and then for the Consortium for Assessment and Testing in Schools. Philip Masterson studied at Nottingham Trent University, leaving with a BA Hons Humanities degree in Literature and Language. He trained as an English teacher at Brunel University and is currently working as a Deputy Headteacher at Villiers high School. Previously, at the same school, he has also been a Teacher Coach, Head of Year and the Co-ordinator for vocational education. He is a consultant for the Specialist School s Trust, the Institute of Education and Alite, specialising in Learning to Learn and Personalised Learning. He is also one of the school s trained counsellors, with a second PGCE in Guidance and Counselling. Last year he was the winner of the Pride In Our People teaching award for West London, sponsored by the Ealing Gazette and Thames Valley University. Olive Button graduated from Imperial College in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. He is Assistant Headteacher at Villiers High School in London. This is the third school he has taught at in London. Prior to Joining Villiers he was a Leading Mathematics Teacher and successfully led the mathematics department of a large inner-city comprehensive school to achieve Lead Department status under the Excellence in Cities initiative.