The PLTS Toolkit
Garry Burnett(Author)
Crown House Publishing
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-84590-131-8 (ISBN)
Description
The PLTS Toolkit offers teachers an active way to deliver the National Curriculum PLTS framework. Garry uses a wide range of media, clear lesson objectives and engaging activities to provide comprehensive coverage of these key skills, emphasising the need for transference and coherence in their delivery.The book is divided into six sections with reproducible resources, lesson plans, and web-links to on-line support. The skills are mapped into the programmes and include simulations, group-work activities, personalised learning opportunities and reflective assessment for learning. The activities cover independent enquiry skills, collaborative learning, creativity, personalised approaches to learning including: Assessment for Learning, the management of oneself as a fl exible and resourceful learner, and how to be an effective participant in learning.There are also detailed notes offering explanations and rationale to aid teachers in planning to deliver Every Child Matters,Functional Skills and Citizenship objectives absorbed into the PLTS framework.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-84590-131-8 (9781845901318)
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Person
Garry Burnett has spent twenty years working in Yorkshire schools as head of English, LEA advisor and project leader for the Campaign for Learning's project Learning to Learn - Research and Development. He is currently an Advanced Skills Teacher at the Malet Lambert School in Hull. He is actively involved in the national Campaign for Learning and regularly leads training sessions at local, national and international level.