Cookies help us deliver our services. By using our services, you agree to our use of cookies.
Product reviews for Powering Up Students
Midwest Book Review
Building upon the foundations carefully laid in -˜The Learning Power Approach' (ISBN 9781785832451), the first book in the Learning Power series, Guy Claxton and Graham Powell's “Powering Up Students: The Learning Power Approach To High School Teaching” embeds the ideas of this influential method in the context of the high school.
“Powering Up Students” offers a thorough explanation of how the LPA's design principles apply to this level of education and, by presenting a wide range of practical strategies and classroom examples, illustrates how they can be put into action with different age groups and in different curricular areas especially relating to literacy and numeracy, but also in specific subjects such as science, history, geography, and design technology.
All teachers can foster the capacity of students to be, for example, curious, attentive, imaginative, rational, and reflective and Guy and Graham provide clear guidance on how this can be achieved. Step by step, they explore all aspects of pedagogy: from how to make learning compelling and challenging, to how best to make use of the environment for learning; from how to coach students so that they become more independent and responsible directors of their own learning, to subtle shifts in teacher language and behaviour that change the climate for learning.
Rooted in the authors knowledge of international research about how students can and should learn in schools, “Powering Up Students” is practical guide is suitable for both newly qualified and experienced teachers of students aged 11-18. It will also appeal to those school principals, educationalists, and administrators who are committed to improving both students achievement and their preparedness for the world of learning beyond school.
Critique: Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, “Powering Up Students: The Learning Power Approach To High School Teaching” is an ideal curriculum textbook that is especially recommended for school district, college, and university library Teacher Education collections and supplemental studies lists.
Click here to read the review on Midwest Book Review website.
“Powering Up Students” offers a thorough explanation of how the LPA's design principles apply to this level of education and, by presenting a wide range of practical strategies and classroom examples, illustrates how they can be put into action with different age groups and in different curricular areas especially relating to literacy and numeracy, but also in specific subjects such as science, history, geography, and design technology.
All teachers can foster the capacity of students to be, for example, curious, attentive, imaginative, rational, and reflective and Guy and Graham provide clear guidance on how this can be achieved. Step by step, they explore all aspects of pedagogy: from how to make learning compelling and challenging, to how best to make use of the environment for learning; from how to coach students so that they become more independent and responsible directors of their own learning, to subtle shifts in teacher language and behaviour that change the climate for learning.
Rooted in the authors knowledge of international research about how students can and should learn in schools, “Powering Up Students” is practical guide is suitable for both newly qualified and experienced teachers of students aged 11-18. It will also appeal to those school principals, educationalists, and administrators who are committed to improving both students achievement and their preparedness for the world of learning beyond school.
Critique: Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, “Powering Up Students: The Learning Power Approach To High School Teaching” is an ideal curriculum textbook that is especially recommended for school district, college, and university library Teacher Education collections and supplemental studies lists.
Click here to read the review on Midwest Book Review website.
Guest
|
22/10/2019 01:00
Was this review helpful?
(0/0)