Brain Friendly Revision (Learning for the Future S.) - Softcover

University Of The First Age

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1855391279 ISBN 13: 9781855391277

Publisher: Network Continuum Education, 2002

Synopsis

Developed by the University of the First Age, this book will help you create an effective revision programme for your students. It is organized into a series of workshops based on recent research into the brain and how it works, giving students valuable insight into how learning occurs and introducing them to specific, tried-and-tested revision techniques. The Brain Friendly Revision programme outlined has been used successfully by teachers, with positive results, in mainstream lessons and in intensive vacation revision programmes. The University of the First Age is an organization that works with schools and communities to extend and enrich the learning of young people beyond the school day. It promotes accelerated, brain-based approaches to help young people and their teachers unlock their true learning potential.

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About the Author

About the UFA:Founded in Birmingham in 1996 by Professor Tim Brighouse, the UFA is a national education charity currently working with over 40 LEA and school consortiums across the UK. The UFA is committed to working in innovative and creative ways with schools and communities to enrich and extend learning for young people.

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From the Inside Flap

Brain Friendly Revision is the first title in the University of the First Age NEP Learning for the Future series. It has been written by members of the UFA National Team and the workshops within it have been extensively used across the country. The workshops in this highly accessible and practical book are designed to:
- Help maximise your students potential.
- Introduce your students to a range of revision strategies that work with their own unique style and approach to learning.
- Give your students the skills and confidence they need to do as well as possible in exams and tests.
- Give you a range of techniques that you can build into your lessons to ensure that learning is meaningful and memorable throughout the year.
Whether you are running revision sessions as part of your lesson or planning to run intensive revision programmes after school and in vacations, or as part of a study skills programme, this book will give you the immediate tools to make the programme memorable, useful and enjoyable. The UFA is a national education charity. It was founded in Birmingham in 1996 by Professor Tim Brighouse, and is now working in over 30 Local Education Authorities across England. The UFA is committed to working in innovative and creative ways with schools and communities to enrich and extend learning for young people.

Edition details

• Publisher: Network Continuum Education
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1855391279
• ISBN 13: 9781855391277
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 244