
Leading the Learning School
Colin Weatherley(Author)
Network Educational Press Ltd
Published on 1. January 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-85539-070-6 (ISBN)
Description
This work takes the principles of how to enhance learning, as established in many other books in this series, one step further. It applies these principles to staff, to staff development and finally to management and leadership. It seeks out, and applies, a coherence of approach to the whole learning community. Furthermore it explains how the American Critical Skills Programme incorporates all the key principles of learning in a comprehensive, practical and outstandingly effective teaching programme, which can also be used to promote staff and organizational development.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Stafford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 297 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
554 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85539-070-6 (9781855390706)
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Person
Colin Weatherley has been a secondary headteacher, and leader of the Lothian Quality Learning Programme. He is now an educational consultant who specialises in organizing seminars and conferences on effective educational management.
Content
Preface to the first edition; Foreword; Introduction - What is Accelerated Learning? Section One - The brain in learning; Section Two - Building and maintaining positive self-esteem; Section Three - Models of learning; Section Four - The Learning environment; Section Five - Accessing the information; Section Six - Twenty-one ways to improve learning; Section Seven - What to do next...; Section Eight - Resources and Glossary