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Heralding our forthcoming series of
training materials developed by the University of the
First Age, this book has been specially designed to
help you create an effective revision programme for
your students. It is organised into a series of workshops
based on recent research into the brain and how it works,
giving students valuable insight into how learning occurs
and introducing them to specific, tried-and-tested revision
techniques.
The Brain Friendly Revision programme
outlined has been used successfully by teachers, with
positive results, in mainstream lessons and in intensive
vacation revision programmes.
- includes step-by-step instructions
for running workshops effectively l shows students
how to utilise the full potential of their learning
power
- based on the latest brain-based learning
techniques
- all activities have been developed
by teachers and successfully used by the UFA in mainstream
classrooms and out of hours programmes
- includes photocopiable resources
and additional posters
The University of the First Age is an
organisation that works with schools and communities
to extend and enrich the learning of young people beyond
the school day. It promotes accelerated brain-based
approaches to help young people and their teachers unlock
their true learning potential.
Back cover
Brain Friendly Revision
is the first title in the University of the First Age
Learning for the Future¹ series. It has been written
by members of the UFA National Team and the workshops
within it have been extensively used across the country.
The workshops in this highly accessible and practical
book are designed to:
- Help maximise your students¹ potential.
- Introduce your students to a range
of revision strategies that work with their own unique
style and approach to learning.
- Give your students the skills and
confidence they need to do as well as possible in
exams and tests.
- Give you a range of techniques that
you can build into your lessons to ensure that learning
is meaningful and memorable throughout the year.
Whether you are running revision sessions
as part of your lesson or planning to run intensive
revision programmes after school and in vacations, or
as part of a study skills programme, this book will
give you the immediate tools to make the programme memorable,
useful and enjoyable.
The UFA is a national education charity.
It was founded in Birmingham in 1996 by Professor Tim
Brighouse, and is now working in over 30 Local Education
Authorities across England. The UFA is committed to
working in innovative and creative ways with schools
and communities to enrich and extend learning for young
people.
UFA has always
for me represented something exciting, vital , subversive.
Exciting because UFA people are good people to be around.
Vital because it is a growing and learning community.
Subversive because it is always ready to challenge received
wisdom. The hallmark of the UFA is being open to new
ideas and unafraid of change. The most long-lived of
movements have grown from the ground up, and this is
a singular strength of the UFA. Your growth has been
vouchsafed by what you stand for the compelling power
of learning¹.
Professor John MacBeath, Cambridge University, Lets
Talk UFA¹ 2001
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