Hywel Roberts and Debra Kidd's Uncharted Territories: Adventures in
learning is a book of prompts, provocations and possibilities
designed to nourish creativity and generate ideas that will get
teachers and pupils excited about learning. In this time of
high-stakes testing, growing mental health issues among young
people and increasing pressure on teachers to focus on rote
repetition and practice papers, we have to step back and ask: "What
is the purpose of education?" If you think it is to get children
through tests, then this book is probably not for you. If, however,
you think it is to develop wisdom in children - the capacity to
think, to apply knowledge, to empathise, to weigh up evidence, to
consider consequences and to make informed choices - then this book
is most definitely for you. Rooted in practice and grounded in
research, Uncharted Territories invites a reassessment of what
curriculum coverage can look like and provides an abundance of
hooks into exploratory learning that place learners - of whatever
age - knee-deep in dilemma, so that they are thinking deeply,
analytically and imaginatively. These are not knowledge organisers
or schemes of work; rather they are inspirational forays into
imagined contexts for learning which, as fantastical as they may
appear, always have the real world as their destination. Signposted
by story starters and inductive questions - not to mention the
beautiful illustrations which are sure to fire children's
imaginations - Hywel and Debra's innovative routes to learning will
help teachers stray from the beaten track of the curriculum and
instil in learners a sense of purpose as they discover, manipulate
and apply knowledge and skills across a range of collaborative,
cross-curricular problem-solving contexts. Each chapter focuses on
a different place - such as a remote castle or a mysterious cave,
where the learning will be applied and challenged - and is packed
with starting points and "what ifs ...?" to establish rich
landscapes for exploration and a wide range of opportunities for
discussion and writing. To help map out the territory ahead, Hywel
and Debra guide the teacher around the key learning landmarks
linked to each context's overarching concepts and lines of inquiry,
and point out the many different curriculum areas to which the
explorations naturally lend themselves to. The authors go further
by offering transferable ideas which can be adjusted to work with
whatever age group, as well as a variety of context-based tasks to
enable the teacher to explore how elements of, for example,
literacy and/or numeracy could be incorporated in order to save
curriculum time. While Uncharted Territories is a rallying call to
arms for the imagination, in each of its chapters Hywel and Debra
also delve into the why in order to present the teacher with a
comprehensive debrief of the learning processes and the theoretical
and academic underpinning. Furthermore, the authors provide a
helpful listing of drama techniques and relevant books and poems
that can be incorporated into the learning journeys, as well as
useful advice on how to assess and evidence their outcomes.
Designed for use with learners of all ages, from early years to
secondary.
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