Robert Fisher
Teaching thinking and creativity
Developing creative minds and creative futures
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Teaching Children to Learn
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Teaching Children to Learn (2nd ed) (2005) Continuum 184pp ISBN 0748794425 £17.00
Successful learners not only have a lot of knowledge, they have also learnt how to learn. Research shows that certain teaching strategies are common to classrooms where effective learning takes place. We are now better able to identify what learners need to help them learn wisely and well.
This book describes ten simple but powerful teaching strategies most closely linked to success in learning. These strategies can be applied to any area of learning, and are the processes most likely to achieve the goals of independent and effective learning. The ten teaching strategies that make up the chapters of this book aim to foster the expansion of thinking and learning throughout the curriculum.
The second edition of Teaching Children to Learn has been revised and enlarged to give more practical ideas on ways to develop creative learning skills and powerful learning environments. It offers a framework for a policy of active learning for any community, classroom or school.
Reviewers of the first edition of Teaching Children to Learn said:
- ‘Lively, well-informed and accessible ...with an excellent coverage of research evidence. It is full of thoughtful guidelines on how professional practice may be developed.’ (Geva Blenkin, Senior Lecturer, Goldsmiths’College, University of London)
- ‘A really practical book for the classroom teacher’ (primary teacher)
- ‘A book I want all my teachers to read ... will be the basis for our in-service training this year’ (secondary headteacher)
This book is in print and should be available through any good bookshop.