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High School Hack Habits of Mind: Success in the IB and Beyond
This is not a textbook. It is a useful, hackable guide. Expect oddball examples, practical tips and valid evidence. This book is a student survival guide as well as a guide to thriving.
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- 9781909717756
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- 21 cm; 234 pages; illus
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- 153.15 SMR h
Handbook of Intelligence
Not since the landmark publication of Handbook of Human Intelligence in 1982 has the field of intelligence been more alive than it is today. Spurred by the new developments in this rapidly expanding field, Dr Sternberg has brought together a stellar list of contributors to provide a comprehensive, broad and deeply thematic review of intelligence that will be accessible to both scholar and stude…
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- 0521596483
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- xi.,30cm.,671p.,index
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- 153.9 STE h
What Every Teacher Needs to Know about Psychology
Much of what we do in classrooms is intuitive, steered by what 'feels right', but all too often intuition proves a poor, sometimes treacherous guide. Although what we know about the workings of the human brain is still pitifully little, the science of psychology can and has revealed certain surprising findings that teachers would do well to heed. Over the past few decades, psychological researc…
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- 9781909717855
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- 15 x 21 cm. + 280 pages; illus
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- TR 370.15 DID w
Running the Room: The Teacher’s Guide to Behaviour
Good behaviour is the beginning of great learning. All children deserve classrooms that are calm, safe spaces where everyone is treated with dignity. Creating that space is one of the most important things a teacher needs to be able to do. But all too often teachers begin their careers with the bare minimum of training – or worse, none. How students behave, socially and academically, dictates…
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- 9781913622145
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- 15 x 21 cm. + 346 p.
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- TR 371.102 BEN r
An Educator's Guide to Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools
A brilliant collection of essays by educators, psychologists and counsellors, highlighting the critical importance of mental health and wellbeing of students in our schools. The book has been collated and edited by James Hollinsley, Head of the Longwood Primary Academy in Essex, highly respected and awarded for their proactive approach to child mental health. An absolutely critical read for all…
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- 9781911382621
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- 15 x 21 cm. + 188 pages; illus
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- TR 370.15 HOL a
10 Things Schools Get Wrong (And How We Can Get Them Right)
What counterintuitive lessons can we learn from the meteoric rise of Mindset Theory in education? Why have computers so overwhelmingly failed to become the academic panacea many expected them to be? How can the simple act of assigning grades drive student narcissism and damage teacher professionalism? In this book, brain and behavioural research is combined with respected philosophy in order t…
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- 9781913622350
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- 15 x 21 cm. + 144 p.
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- TR 370.15 HOR t
Taught Not Caught: Educating for 21st Century Character
As Education Secretary from 2014-16, Nicky Morgan had a job she describes as “one of the best in the UK Cabinet”. In her time in office, she announced a GBP3.5m programme to be spent promoting classes and extra-curricular activities that build “grit” and “resilience” in a generation of schoolchildren. Here, she reveals why she believes that building characterful children has a posit…
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- 9781911382331
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- 15 x 21 cm. + 138 pages; illus
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- TR 370.15 MOR t
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