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Motivating Learners in the Classroom
Gavin Reid
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Description for Motivating Learners in the Classroom
Paperback. Helps educators create an optimum learning environment for students with different learning styles and is packed with practical, adaptable strategies to help every learner succeed. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, diagrams. BIC Classification: JNT; JNZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 296 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 360.
`This is a rare find, a book that manages to turn educational theory into accessible practice. It will appeal to teachers, managers, support staff and anyone interested in how we learn...This is a book relevant to everyone involved in education as it gets right to the heart of what makes us achieve: motivation. An empowering read - don′t miss it!′ - Support for Learning `As the title suggests, motivation is a key theme, and this is explored with reference to theoretical perspectives on learning and how these can be translated into practice. A real strength of the book lies ... Read morein its emphasis on the importance of managing learning and developing effective whole-school approaches to improving the motivation of pupils′ - SENCO Update
Help all your students become better learners!
This book tells you how to recognise and meet the individual needs of different kinds of learners, and provides adaptable strategies for helping every learner develop their own successful approach to learning.
Packed full of advice, the book contains:
o ideas for ways to motivate all pupils
o a chapter on learning styles in the early years
o advice on how to create the best learning environment possible
o questionnaires, memory games and organizational charts
o key practice points
o visual summaries at the end of each chapter
The practical ideas offered in this book will be invaluable to all class teachers, trainee teachers and SENCOs.
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Product Details
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Place of Publication
Thousand Oaks, United States
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About Gavin Reid
Dr. Gavin Reid is an international consultant and psychologist with consultancies in Canada, UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australasia. He was Visiting Professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, in the Department of Education and Counseling Psychology and Special Education in 2007 and 2010. ? He is chair of the British Dyslexia Association Accreditation Board ... Read moreand an ambassador for the Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre in the UK and is a Consultant/Psychologist for the Centre for Child Evaluation and Teaching (CCET) in Kuwait and the Lighthouse Learning Centre in Cairo. He is also a director of the Red Rose School for children with specific learning difficulties in St Annes on Sea, Lancashire, UK. He was formerly senior lecturer in the Department of Educational Studies (formally Department of Special Education), Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh, from 1991 to 2007. He has written 34 books on learning, motivation and dyslexia and lectured to thousands of professionals and parents in 75 countries. Some of his books have been published in Polish, Italian, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, French, Latvian and Slovak. He is an experienced teacher with over ten years’ experience in the classroom and has held external examiner appointments at 20 universities worldwide for PhD and masters’ courses. He resides in Vancouver and Edinburgh. His email is gavinreid66@gmail.com and his website is: www.drgavinreid.com Show Less
Reviews for Motivating Learners in the Classroom
“The practical ideas will be invaluable to classroom teachers, trainee teachers, learning support staff, and the school management team. Encouraging a climate of success among learners, it has potential to help all students become better learners.”
Sirreadalot.org, November 2007
