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Product reviews for Dancing About Architecture
Kenny Pieper, English teacher in a secondary school just outside Glasgow
Testimonial for Dancing about Architecture:
The innovative nature of the resource - What makes this little book so unusual and so welcome is; it is short and slightly off the wall, but based on the experience of a highly experienced and respected teacher. It is a practical and effective account with so many practical ideas packed into eighty pages which can and are changing the way some of us teach. It encourages the teacher to approach our planning in a far more creative way. Phil includes examples, resources and ideas which have worked.
The impact on learning and the work of the teacher in the classroom, to what extent and in which areas - -˜a teacher is only ever truly limited by the scope of their ambition.' Dancing About Architecture is not the usual educational text, bemoaning the state of schools and education. It does not spend pages upon pages blaming the kids, the parents, the teachers, the government. It does, however, provide a platform for a change in approach to professional development. This is a short book which can be applied to all curricular areas as it asks the reader to approach the planning process in a creative and imaginative manner; not what we want students to learn but how they will go about learning it. It is not filled with lesson plans for the teacher in a hurry; indeed it does not promise to make our lives easier. What it does though is leave us with a smile on our faces and a feeling that things can be better. Creativity does have a place in our lives.
How the resource supports or enhances the everyday life or work of teachers, pupils or schools - In Dancing About Architecture, the writer provides some examples of work which can be hugely useful on and after development days. Work that can be used to inform and enhance teacher effectiveness as well as whole school ethos. The book is not only fun to read but also provides mountains of ideas which are easily transferred to our everyday lives in schools. Practical and achievable differences to classroom practice can be immediately implemented making the classroom a fun place to be. In particular his section entitled -˜Ask your Body' which asks us to think about juxtaposing games and sports with parts of our subject area. Great ideas for badminton apostrophes and penalty kick quotations flying around in my head now.
Cost effectiveness in terms of educational aims and results - not just price - Dancing About Architecture is a book which should take a central role in whole school future planning. At a time of, seemingly, constant educational change, Phil Beadle provides a different angle to the way in which we approach teaching. His book overcomes so-called challenges to creativity in the classroom by getting straight to the heart of the matter. Active, enjoyable and, most importantly, memorable learning occurs. Students are having fun but concentrating and learning at the same time. And that can't be a bad thing, can it?
The innovative nature of the resource - What makes this little book so unusual and so welcome is; it is short and slightly off the wall, but based on the experience of a highly experienced and respected teacher. It is a practical and effective account with so many practical ideas packed into eighty pages which can and are changing the way some of us teach. It encourages the teacher to approach our planning in a far more creative way. Phil includes examples, resources and ideas which have worked.
The impact on learning and the work of the teacher in the classroom, to what extent and in which areas - -˜a teacher is only ever truly limited by the scope of their ambition.' Dancing About Architecture is not the usual educational text, bemoaning the state of schools and education. It does not spend pages upon pages blaming the kids, the parents, the teachers, the government. It does, however, provide a platform for a change in approach to professional development. This is a short book which can be applied to all curricular areas as it asks the reader to approach the planning process in a creative and imaginative manner; not what we want students to learn but how they will go about learning it. It is not filled with lesson plans for the teacher in a hurry; indeed it does not promise to make our lives easier. What it does though is leave us with a smile on our faces and a feeling that things can be better. Creativity does have a place in our lives.
How the resource supports or enhances the everyday life or work of teachers, pupils or schools - In Dancing About Architecture, the writer provides some examples of work which can be hugely useful on and after development days. Work that can be used to inform and enhance teacher effectiveness as well as whole school ethos. The book is not only fun to read but also provides mountains of ideas which are easily transferred to our everyday lives in schools. Practical and achievable differences to classroom practice can be immediately implemented making the classroom a fun place to be. In particular his section entitled -˜Ask your Body' which asks us to think about juxtaposing games and sports with parts of our subject area. Great ideas for badminton apostrophes and penalty kick quotations flying around in my head now.
Cost effectiveness in terms of educational aims and results - not just price - Dancing About Architecture is a book which should take a central role in whole school future planning. At a time of, seemingly, constant educational change, Phil Beadle provides a different angle to the way in which we approach teaching. His book overcomes so-called challenges to creativity in the classroom by getting straight to the heart of the matter. Active, enjoyable and, most importantly, memorable learning occurs. Students are having fun but concentrating and learning at the same time. And that can't be a bad thing, can it?
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23/01/2012 00:00
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