Under achievement is endemic. Children are still not becoming the brilliant learners they could be, and schools continue to demotivate their pupils. Why is this? The answer, argues former headmaster Michael Brearley, lies in the failure to nurture intelligence - Emotional Intelligence.
Don't Doubt the Rainbow is a new contemporary middle-grade detective series with a difference - to solve each mystery, 13-year-old Edie Marble must harness the Three Principles, a new approach to understanding how the mind works that is currently proving invaluable in improving mental health and well-being in children internationally.
Provides a blueprint for educators in various settings to construct the ideal conditions for effective learners to grow and develop. This title offers a range of practical suggestions and ideas to construct the ideal conditions for the characteristics of effective learners to flourish.
The GCSE Mindset: 40 activities for transforming student commitment, motivation and productivity, written by Steve Oakes and Martin Griffin, offers a wealth of concrete, practical and applicable tools designed to supercharge GCSE students' resilience, positivity, organisation and determination.
In How to Explain Absolutely Anything to Absolutely Anyone: The art and science of teacher explanation, Andy Tharby talks teachers through a set of remarkably simple techniques that will help revolutionise the precision and clarity of their message.
Outlines what a newly qualified teacher needs to know in order to be an immediate success in the classroom. The book includes a substantial section on every new teacher's biggest concern: behaviour management, as well as giving tips on: various teaching methods; lesson planning; assessment; and ways of organising the classroom.
This text is concerned with the psychology of communication. It uses techniques derived primarily from NLP to create state-of-the-art skills which the reader can use to improve any interaction. Chapters cover outcomes, rapport, sensory acuity, meetings and negotiation.