Creating An Accelerated Learning School
Published on 1. June 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-85539-074-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book describes how an ordinary high school set about incorporating accelerated learning into its teaching practices and policies. Headteacher Derek Wise provides a macro view of the process, discussing the changes made across the whole school. Head of Science, Mark Lovatt, provides a micro view, looking at ways to use accelerated learning in the classroom. Their experiences provide useful reading for any school wishing to improve the learning quality of its students. Several case studies are included to show how accelerated learning techniques can be applied to different subjects.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Stafford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 297 mm
Width: 212 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
467 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85539-074-4 (9781855390744)
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Additional editions
Mark Lovatt
Creating An Accelerated Learning School
E-Book
06/2001
1st Edition
Network Continuum Education
€20.99
Available for download
Person
Derek Wise is Headteacher of Cramlington Community High School in Northumberland, England. Derek has been a Deputy Headteacher in two inner city schools and has been the Director of an Education Action Zone. He is well respected locally and nationally for his energy and interest in learning innovation and for his championing of comprehensive education. Mark Lovatt is Head of Science and Learning Co-ordinator at Cramlington Community High School in Northumberland, England. He has spent considerable time and energy researching, adapting and applying the ideas of accelerated learning to his subject. Mark's energy and enthusiasm is evident from the plaudits his training events receive. This is their first published collaboration together.
Content
Preface to the first edition; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Part One - Establishing, supporting and embedding accelerated learning within a school; Timeline - Introducing accelerated learning; Chapter 1 - The need for accelerated learning; Chapter 2 - Establishing accelerated learning within the school; Chapter 3 - Supporting and embedding accelerated learning; Chapter 4 - Ofsted and beyond; Part Two - Accelerated learning - putting it into practice; Timeline - Introducing accelerated learning into a large department; Chapter 5 - Introducing accelerated learning into the science department - a way in; Chapter 6 - Half-way house - now what! (post-Elisp); Postscript - Reflections; References and acknowledgements