Product reviews for Full On Learning

Zoe Elder's beautifully presented and creatively designed book -˜Full On Learning' should be the -˜go-to' text for every classroom practitioner. In fact it should become required reading for everybody involved in education - especially those responsible for the development of strategies and policies. This book asks every reader to question how they can provide meaningful, and safe, opportunities for young people to become successful learners. She gently but persistently requires us to question our own vision of what learning looks like and how this matches up to the demands of the 21st century. Through investigation into her own practice, combined with her erudition and extensive knowledge, she is able to guide us through the changes that are necessary for young people, going forward into a world that has yet to be designed.

With each passing chapter I read, I found myself longing for the new term to begin so that I could go back into school and put into practice my new insight into what teaching and, more importantly, learning could really look like.

The Action Research sections were particularly useful and I shall be using them in staff meeting sessions and as a way of carrying out a self-appraisal.