What do Amadeus Mozart, David Beckham, Marie Curie and Bill Gates
have in common? Answer: all excel in their diverse areas of music,
sport, science and computing. The Expert Learner looks at what we
know about acquiring such expertise and seeks to apply it to
education, particularly to classroom teaching. Challenging the
widely held belief that excellence is the result of innate ability,
it shows how ability is developed through applied learning and
deliberate practice.Drawing on studies about expertise The Expert
Learner highlights the importance of: Providing opportunities and
support to develop skillsBeing motivated to succeedUndergoing
extensive deliberate practiceBuilding powerful mental models to
handle and organise informationReceiving continuous and effective
feedback to improve performanceDeveloping self-regulation to
monitor performance The Expert Learner takes these findings and
applies them to education. What opportunities do our institutions
offer to our students and how much choice do we really give them?
How do we motivate the unmotivated and how do we stretch our higher
achieving students? Are we helping learners to think for themselves
and to make sense of what they are learning? With its rich source
of ideas for expert teaching and learning, this book looks at some
of the ways we can achieve 'wide-awake' thinking in the classroom.
"Highly readable, plenty of examples, and packed with the power of
thinking about learning in a way that can make the difference.This
is a book full of optimism - it offers a way to positively think
about learning and schools. We are not determined by birth, social
status, poverty, wealth ... but we can invest in our learning if we
"think" appropriately. Stobart emphasizes not just practice, but
deliberate coached practice, he shows the multiplier effect that
comes from seizing opportunities or someone creating opportunities,
and he shows the importance of risk taking, deep knowledge,
creativity, and developing talk about progress." John Hattie,
Director, Melbourne Education Research Institute, University of
Melbourne, Australia"If I were to recommend just one book that all
teachers, parents, employers and politicians who are interested in
education should read, it would be this one. Not only is it full of
engaging stories, underpinned by important research, but it goes to
the very heart of what it is to be a successful learner and
effective teacher. It demolishes the myth of inherited ability as
the overriding determinant of achievement and provides an
alternative account by unpacking the opportunities, experiences and
practices that lead to the development of true expertise. Read it
and use the ideas to challenge backward thinking." Professor Mary
James, University of Cambridge, UK"With clear arguments and ample
research evidence, Stobart dispels the myth of ability and shows us
the harm of society's persistent reliance on repackaged IQ tests.
He advocates, instead, for teaching methods and schools that open
up rather than close down opportunities. Using research on
expertise and compelling examples from sports, science, medicine,
and music, this book shows us how good teaching practices - such as
rich questioning and supportive feedback - can engage students in
the kinds of deep and purposeful practice needed for adept, expert
learning. All students can benefit from this model of teaching, not
just an elite few." Distinguished Professor Lorrie Shepard,
University of Colorado Boulder, USA
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