THE A LEVEL MINDSET: 40 ACTIVITIES FOR TRANSFORMING STUDENT COMMITMENT, MOTIVATION AND PRODUCTIVITY
Book ID/图书代码： 03480516B97085
English Summary/英文概要： In ’The A Level Mindset’, Steve Oakes and Martin Griffin share the secrets of coaching students to develop the characteristics, habits and mindsets which will help them realise their potential. Those students who make real and sustained progress at A level aren t necessarily the ones with superb GCSEs. Some students leap from average results aged 16 to outstanding results aged 18. Others seem to hit a ceiling. But why?
It was in trying to answer this question that the VESPA system emerged. Steve and Martin have cut through the noise surrounding character development and identified five key characteristics that all students need to be successful: vision, effort, systems, practice and attitude. These characteristics beat cognition hands down. Successful students approach their studies with the right behaviours, skills and attitudes: they understand how to learn and revise effectively, they re determined and organised, they give more discretionary effort and they get top results. Success at A level is a result of character, not intelligence.
Much has been written about growth mindsets and character development in recent years, but teachers are still left wondering how to apply these ideas in their contexts: how can these theories help learners in practice? Taking cues from the work of Peter Clough, Carol Dweck and Angela Lee Duckworth, and informed by their collective 30 plus years of teaching and coaching, Steve and Martin have spent years researching how character and behaviours affect student outcomes in their sixth form. After identifying the core traits that contributed to student success, they developed practical activities to help every student develop the A Level Mindset. Discover 40 concrete, practical and applicable tools and strategies that will supercharge learners ambition, organisation, productivity, persistence and determination.
Suitable for teachers, tutors, heads of sixth form or anyone else who wants to help A level students achieve their potential, ’The A Level Mindset’ offers 40 easy-to-use activities to develop students resilience, commitment, buoyancy, motivation and determination. It could be your key to transforming student outcomes.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在本书中，Steve Oakes和Martin Griffin分享了训练学生开发性格、习惯和席位模式从而开发潜力的秘密。这些学生在A Level考试中取得了切实的进步，但他们不一定是智商最高的那一群。有些学生在16岁时属于水平普通，但到了18岁就能够表现突出，而有些学生则感觉触到了极限。为什么会这样？答案就是VESPA体系。Steve和Martin在性格开发方面提出五个关键元素可以让所有学生获得成功：远见，努力，系统，实践和态度。这些元素能够让学生以合理的行为、技巧和态度对待学业：他们能够理解如何去有效地学习和复习，能够有决断力和组织能力，能够更专心地努力并获得最好的结果。能够在A Level考试中获得成功靠的是性格而非智商。
近年来关于思维模式以及性格开发的专著已有不少，但很多老师仍不清楚如何将这些想法运用到材料智商：这些理论将如何帮助学生加以实践？作者援引他们超过三十年的教育和培训背景，并从包括Peter Clough、Carol Dweck等人的著作中援引经验，花了数年时间研究性格和行为究竟将如何影响学生的成绩。在发现了这些学生得以成功的关键因素之后，他们开发了实践活动来帮助每个学生开发适合A Level考试的思维模式。
本书适合教师、培训师以及所有希望帮助A Level学生开发潜力的人士。本书提供40种简单易用的活动，能够开发学生的耐力、定力、决心和动力。本书能够成为改变学生未来的关键。（LYR）
Awards/获奖情况：我们很多人有时候都觉得悲哀，因为A Level课程的教学有时候感觉就好像是传送带，而这本书就是为了让学习的责任重归学生而设的。书中介绍了精巧的技术，能够在信息过载和时时被阻碍的时代管理我们的学习过程。这本书不仅是一些贴士，更多实用的方法，能够帮助学生成为懂得反思的学习者，更好地掌握学业。我从这本书中学得了很多东西，也认为这是一个必须的学习配件。（Geoff Barton，萨福克King Edward VI School校长）
非常让人欣赏的书。本书成功地融合了研究和实践，是一本无与伦比的用户指南。这本书对于学生、教师以及家长来说都是宝贵的资源。其中的工具和技巧不仅有用而且实际。（Peter Clough教授，曼彻斯特大都会大学应用心理学系主任）
At a time when too many of us lament the way A level teaching sometimes feels like a bit of a conveyor belt, here’s a book designed to give responsibility for learning back to students. It s an ingenious compilation of techniques to manage our learning in these times of information overload and endless distractions. The book is more than a set of tips; it’s an empowering and optimistic practical approach which will help students to become more reflective learners and better at managing their studies. I learnt a great deal from The A Level Mindset and would see it as an essential part of any sixth form programme. --Geoff Barton, Head Teacher, King Edward VI School, Suffolk
A thoroughly enjoyable book; The A Level Mindset has successfully integrated research and practice into an excellent user guide. It will be a valuable resource for students, teachers, parents and carers. The tools and techniques described are both workable and relevant. --Professor Peter Clough, Chair of Applied Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University
About the Author/作者介绍： Steve Oakes是Oldham的The Blue Coat School高年级部的助理主任，他与本书的合著者已经共事八年。过去五年中，该校多位学生在A Level课程的全国排名靠前。他与Martin一起开发并教授一系列咨询课程，致力于提升全国高年级部的教学成绩。
Martin Griffin在教授大于16岁的学生方面有二十年从业经验，曾担任教导主任，助理校长和执行校长。他是The Blue Coat School高年级部主任，该校的高年级部学生表现突出。他与中学以及大学合作设计以及执行性格开发和思维模式项目。
Steve Oakes is assistant director of sixth form at The Blue Coat School in Oldham, where he has worked with his A Level Mindset co-author, Martin Griffin, for the past eight years. For each of the last five years, progress measures have placed AS and A level students at The Blue Coat School in the top 10 per cent nationally. Together with Martin, Steve has developed and delivered an extensive range of consultancy courses; including work for both the London and Manchester Challenge Programme to improve sixth forms across the country.
Martin Griffin has 20 years experience teaching post-16 students, and has been a head of faculty, assistant head teacher and deputy head teacher. He was the director of sixth form at The Blue Coat School, a twice Ofsted-outstanding comprehensive sixth form where student progress is among the top 10 per cent in the country. He works with schools and colleges to design and implement character development and mindset programmes.
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