John Turner is an experienced Assistant Head Teacher with specialised knowledge in teaching thinking skills and in CPD for teachers. John now manages a national Learning to Learn support network. Mark Lovatt Is Deputy Head Teacher of Cramlington Learning Village, a school described as "the best in the UK for combining learning approaches with ICT". Mark is the co-originator of L2 - the Learning to Learn approach and co-author of Accelerated Learning: A Users Guide. Alistair Smith is an internationally known consultant, author and trainer. He has spoken to tens of thousands of teachers across the world and has written a number of books including: The Brain's Behind It: New Knowledge about the Brain and Learning, Help Your Child to Succeed: The Essential Guide for Parents and Accelerated Learning: A User's Guide. He is the designated learning consultant to the Football Association. He is also the author of Learning to Learn in Practice (ISBN 9781845902872).
... provides teachers and students with many tools, frameworks and
ideas for getting at anatural' learning activites. It is well
organised, multi-faceted. It draws in all the key literature but
does so in a way that gives practical and fundamental focus to
learning.Michael Fullan, Professor Emeritus, OISE/University of
Toronto
... pulls off the amazing trick of blending things together: good
advice with practical steps to apply, comments on the way we do our
work with the story behind them, logic on why we should adopt a
different approach with analysis of why it is not always easy - and
what we could do to get started. Mick Waters, Professor of
Education, President of the Curriculum Foundation
... sets out a vision, taking you well beyond current data-driven
imperatives to the core purpose of every intelligent, modern
school. It equips you, both intellectually and practically, to get
on with the real job of teaching, the moral job, funnily enough the
old-fashioned job, of letting educational insights rather than
political dogma determine practice and of seeking to give students
the best chance of lifelong success as they stride out into their
adult world, not ours.Paul Ginnis, author of The Teacheras
Toolkit
Learning to Learn in Practice presents a brilliant case for placing
the alearn to learn' approach at the centre of the curriculum
experience. The review of theory is comprehensive, the resources
are exceptional and the twelve principles are clear. For those who
are hesitating it is a great away in' and for those who are well
down the road it will greatly enhance what they are already
doing.John Jones, writer, presenter and educational consultant
This is a deeply researched, comprehensive and authoritative book
which integrates emerging knowledge, successful practice and proven
strategies into a highly effective and relevant synthesis.John
West-Burnham, Professor of Educational leadership, St Mary's
University College, London
This is an invaluable, deeply practical, but structured and
thoughtful guide to creating a generative approach to learning
which generates more learning and able learners as its main
outcome.Charles Leadbeater, author of We Think, Personalisation
through Participation and 21 Ideas for 21st Learning
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