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Book Synopsis

One of the five books in the Mental Health and Wellbeing Teacher Toolkit, this practical resource focuses on the topic of âSkills for Learningâ. The book offers research-driven, practical strategies, resources and lesson plans to support educators and health professionals. This is a resource book for practitioners looking to have a positive impact on the mental health and wellbeing of the children and young people in their care; both now and in the future. Chapters span key topics including Metacognition, Learning Dimensions, Problem Solving and Cognitive Strategies. A complete toolkit for teachers and counsellors, this book offers:

â Easy to follow and flexible lesson plans that can be adapted and personalised for use in lessons or smaller groups or 1:1 work

â Resources that are linked to the PSHE and Wellbeing curriculum for KS1, KS2 and KS3

â New research, âCircles for Learningâ, where the introduction of baby observation into the classroom by a teache

Table of Contents

Metacognition

  2. Thinking about Thinking

  4. Planning our Project

  6. Monitoring our Learning

  8. Reviewing our Work

Learning Dimensions

Curiosity: A wish to know and find out and dig beneath the surface.

  2. Exploring Questions Part 1

  4. Exploring Questions Part 2

  6. Exploring Questions Part 3

  8. The Why Ladder

  10. Risk Friendly Climate

  12. New Words

Changing and Learning: A sense of getting better at learning over time and of growing and changing and adapting as a learner in the whole of life

  2. Milestones

  4. Different Ways of Learning

  6. My Learning Toolkit/What are my Learning Strategies

  8. Look what I Can do Now!

Learning Relationships: Learning with and from others, and also being able to manage without them.

  2. Create an Advert to Celebrate Who You Are.

  4. The Build A Brain Team Challenge

  6. What is Team Work

  8. Skills for Collaboration

  10. Constructive Feedback

Meaning Making: Making connections and seeing that learning matters to me.

  2. Before Baby Arrives

  4. Lets Relax

  6. Thinking Chains

  8. Everything That Had To Happen to Make This.

Strategic Awareness: A sense of myself as someone who learns and changes over time.

  2. What is Learning?

  4. My Learning Strategies

  6. The Emotions of Learning

  8. Performance and My Learning Zone

Resilience: The ability to keep going to develop my own learning, to stick it out and get what I want and need to keep growing and learning.

  2. What is Resilience?

  4. Resilience and Persistence

  6. Be Your Own Life Coach

  8. Stress Management

  10. Self-Talk

  12. The Best Mistake I Ever Made

Creativity: Risk taking, playfulness, imagination and intuition.

  2. My Little Book of Ideas

  4. Think Up A Storm

  6. Ready Steady Make a Game

  8. Good Luck Bad Luck

Problem Solving

  2. Problem Solving Part 1

  4. Problem Solving Part 2

  6. Problem Solving Part 3

  8. What Should I do?

Cognitive Strategies

  2. Memorisation

  4. Mind Maps

  6. Revision

Skills for Effective Learning in School

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Publication Date: 07/06/2019
      ISBN13: 9781138370319, 978-1138370319
      ISBN10: 1138370312
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      Psychotherapy Educational psychology Moral and social purpose of education

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      One of the five books in the Mental Health and Wellbeing Teacher Toolkit, this practical resource focuses on the topic of âSkills for Learningâ. The book offers research-driven, practical strategies, resources and lesson plans to support educators and health professionals. This is a resource book for practitioners looking to have a positive impact on the mental health and wellbeing of the children and young people in their care; both now and in the future. Chapters span key topics including Metacognition, Learning Dimensions, Problem Solving and Cognitive Strategies. A complete toolkit for teachers and counsellors, this book offers:

      â Easy to follow and flexible lesson plans that can be adapted and personalised for use in lessons or smaller groups or 1:1 work

      â Resources that are linked to the PSHE and Wellbeing curriculum for KS1, KS2 and KS3

      â New research, âCircles for Learningâ, where the introduction of baby observation into the classroom by a teache

      Table of Contents

      Metacognition

      2. Thinking about Thinking

      4. Planning our Project

      6. Monitoring our Learning

      8. Reviewing our Work

      Learning Dimensions

      Curiosity: A wish to know and find out and dig beneath the surface.

      2. Exploring Questions Part 1

      4. Exploring Questions Part 2

      6. Exploring Questions Part 3

      8. The Why Ladder

      10. Risk Friendly Climate

      12. New Words

      Changing and Learning: A sense of getting better at learning over time and of growing and changing and adapting as a learner in the whole of life

      2. Milestones

      4. Different Ways of Learning

      6. My Learning Toolkit/What are my Learning Strategies

      8. Look what I Can do Now!

      Learning Relationships: Learning with and from others, and also being able to manage without them.

      2. Create an Advert to Celebrate Who You Are.

      4. The Build A Brain Team Challenge

      6. What is Team Work

      8. Skills for Collaboration

      10. Constructive Feedback

      Meaning Making: Making connections and seeing that learning matters to me.

      2. Before Baby Arrives

      4. Lets Relax

      6. Thinking Chains

      8. Everything That Had To Happen to Make This.

      Strategic Awareness: A sense of myself as someone who learns and changes over time.

      2. What is Learning?

      4. My Learning Strategies

      6. The Emotions of Learning

      8. Performance and My Learning Zone

      Resilience: The ability to keep going to develop my own learning, to stick it out and get what I want and need to keep growing and learning.

      2. What is Resilience?

      4. Resilience and Persistence

      6. Be Your Own Life Coach

      8. Stress Management

      10. Self-Talk

      12. The Best Mistake I Ever Made

      Creativity: Risk taking, playfulness, imagination and intuition.

      2. My Little Book of Ideas

      4. Think Up A Storm

      6. Ready Steady Make a Game

      8. Good Luck Bad Luck

      Problem Solving

      2. Problem Solving Part 1

      4. Problem Solving Part 2

      6. Problem Solving Part 3

      8. What Should I do?

      Cognitive Strategies

      2. Memorisation

      4. Mind Maps

      6. Revision

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