This practical A4 pack contains activities and ideas for teachers and students to learn more about learning. Learning about Learning is a practical way of teaching important and neglected theories of learning. The idea is that if teachers and students learn about what learning is and how it happens they understand a greater range of learning possibilities and approaches and improve their learning and teaching skills.

Contents:
Part A:This Book is About Learning i.Why bother with this book? ii.What is in this book? iii.How might you use it? iv.Rationale v.Some permeating themes
Part B.Workshop Activities for Teachers i.Where's the learner starting from? ii.Learning and 'motivation' iii.Learning styles - do we all learn in the same way? iv.Teachers and their pupils' learning styles v.Terms for learning activities vi.Learning in school and out vii.A closed problem viii.The six oranges puzzle ix.First steps in learning about learning xPromoting learning about learning, or meta-learning xi.What is an effective learner like? xii.Reflecting on your learning xiii.Developing meta-learning in your school
Part C.Classroom Activities to Promote Learning About Learning i.Introduction ii.How do we learn best? iii.Time line of learning experiences iv.Learning strategy questionnaire v.Learning styles questionnaire vi.Beliefs about success vii.Handling feelings in learning miii.Defences against learning ix.Explaining your success x.Learning - in school and out xi.Learning situations - in school xii.Learning situations - beyond school xiii.Review of learning check list xiv.Keeping a learning file xv.Back to the future: exploring and planning possible routeways to your preferred future
Part D.The Wider Context i.Parents ii.Parents and Learning iii.The whole-school picture iv.Developing a spiral curriculum for the whole school v.Pupil perspectives on learning
Part E.Effective Learning: a research review i.What is learning? ii.What is involved? Models of learning iii.What is effective learning? iv.Effective learning in schools v.The challenge of effective learning: Questions adn reflections vi.Notes for Section E
Part F. Further Reading i.Key texts on learning ii.Improving learning iii.Future iv.Important research articles v.NAPCE

`Certainly worth reading in order to be reminded of some positive reasons for entering the teaching profession: to value the process of education as much as the content, to view children holistically and to consider schools as places of learning for all' - British Journal of Special Education