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book describes how an ordinary high school set about
incorporating accelerated learning into its teaching
practices and policies. Headteacher Derek Wise provides
a macro view of the process, discussing the changes
made across the whole school. Head of Science, Mark
Lovatt, provides a micro view, looking at ways to use
accelerated learning in the classroom.
Their experiences provide useful reading
for any school wishing to improve the learning quality
of its students. Several case studies are included to
show how accelerated learning techniques can be applied
to different subjects.
Back cover
Cramlington Community High School has
been officially described as 'an exciting place to learn'.
The story of its pioneering work with accelerated learning
is told in Creating An Accelerated Learning School.
If you have been intrigued by the possibilities
of accelerated learning but have not been sure how to
start to implement it; if you have yet to be persuaded
that accelerated learning can be robust enough to transform
learning in your school; if you want to know what objective
evidence there is for the success of the approach, then
this book is for you.
In Creating An Accelerated Learning
School you will read how one school took the ideas
of accelerated learning and made them successful. The
co-authors describe in detail the origins of their approach,
from the earliest ideas, and take us through what they
did to final success. The UK Schools' Inspectorate described
the approach as 'bold and innovative'.
Creating An Accelerated Learning
School is packed with strategies for whole school,
departmental and classroom level improvement. It is
thoroughly researched and practically proven. It provides
hundreds of ideas and resources. This is the book that
moves beyond theory.
Derek Wise is Headteacher of Cramlington
Community High School in Northumberland, England. Derek
has been a Deputy Headteacher in two inner city schools
and has been the Director of an Education Action Zone.
He is well respected locally and nationally for his
energy and interest in learning innovation and for his
championing of comprehensive education.
Mark Lovatt is Head of Science and Learning
Co-ordinator at Cramlington Community High School in
Northumberland, England. He has spent considerable time
and energy researching, adapting and applying the ideas
of accelerated learning to his subject. Markšs energy
and enthusiasm is evident from the plaudits his training
events receive.
This is their first published collaboration
together.
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