Accelerated Learning in Practice: Brain-based Methods for Accelerating Motivation and Achievement (Accelerated Learning S.) - Softcover

Smith, Alistair

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1855390485 ISBN 13: 9781855390485

Publisher: Network Continuum Education, 1998

Synopsis

This book offers nine principles for brain based approaches to accelerating learning, improving motivation and raising achievement. It offers the reader a coherent structure and describes: guaranteed ways to motivate learners esteem-building tools for schools, teachers and parents how to access and teach to different types of intelligence 17 different ways in which schools can make Accelerated Learning work

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About the Author

Alistair Smith is a leading trainer in modern learning methods and his techniques are used with startling success by thousands of teachers and parents in the UK and abroad. He is the chairperson of Alite; a company he founded to work in the field of motivation, learning and training. Alistair has written award-winning books, featured on radio and television programmes, and spoken at conferences internationally.

From the Back Cover

Accelerated Learning in Practice is the author's second book which takes Nobel Prize winning brain-research into the classroom. It uses the author's Accelerated Learning cycle to show what to do so that students are motivated to learn quickly, effectively and with improved recall. There are separate sections on: global learning trends and why we should pay attention to them 9 principles of learning based on brain-research guaranteed ways to motivate learners esteem-building tools for schools, teachers and parents proven methods for purposeful target-setting language rich environments the 7 stage Accelerating Learning cycle intelligence and how to teach for it music, movement and memory 17 different ways in which schools have made Accelerated Learning work Accelerated Learning in Practice is structured to help readers access and retain the information necessary to begin to accelerate their own learning and that of the students they teach. With over 100 learning tools, case studies from 36 schools and 7 Local Education Authorities and an up to the minute resources section it is a must for anyone serious about learning.

Edition details

• Publisher: Network Continuum Education
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1855390485
• ISBN 13: 9781855390485
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256