The Learning Power Approach: Teaching Learners to Teach Themselves (Corwin Teaching Essentials) [9781506388700]

Overview

Become mind-fit for life!

Learning is learnable! Educators can explicitly teach positive learning attitudes and habits of mind. Guy Claxton’s powerful resource will help teachers understand how ‘every lesson, every day’ shapes the way students see themselves as learners. This important work helps us notice ‘what lies beneath’ the surface of our teaching and attend closely to the way we shape dispositions and attitudes. Readers will find:  

• approaches focused on building character alongside knowledge acquisition
• cognitive, social and neuroscientific supportive evidence
• practical illustrations and strategies

Written by a renowned cognitive scientist, this book offers a set of design principles for strengthening students’ learning muscles.



The book, The Learning Power Approach: Teaching Learners to Teach Themselves (Corwin Teaching Essentials) [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN#9781506388700 in Paperback by Guy Claxton may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.