POWERING UP STUDENTS: THE LEARNING POWER APPROACH TO HIGH SCHOOL TEACHING

Book ID/图书代码： 03480519C00006

English Summary/英文概要： The Learning Power Approach (LPA) is a pedagogical formula which aims to develop all students as confident and capable learners ready, willing, and able to choose, design, research, pursue, troubleshoot, and evaluate learning for themselves, alone and with others, in school and out. This approach therefore empowers teachers to complement their delivery of content, knowledge, and skills with the nurturing of positive habits of mind that will better prepare students to flourish in later life.

Building upon the foundations carefully laid in ’The Learning Power Approach’ (ISBN 9781785832451), the first book in the Learning Power series, Guy Claxton and Graham Powell’s ’Powering Up Students’ embeds the ideas of this influential method in the context of the high school.

It offers a thorough explanation of how the LPA’s design principles apply to this level of education and, by presenting a wide range of practical strategies and classroom examples, illustrates how they can be put into action with different age groups and in different curricular areas especially relating to literacy and numeracy, but also in specific subjects such as science, history, geography, and design technology.

All teachers can foster the capacity of students to be, for example, curious, attentive, imaginative, rational, and reflective and Guy and Graham provide clear guidance on how this can be achieved. Step by step, they explore all aspects of pedagogy: from how to make learning compelling and challenging, to how best to make use of the environment for learning; from how to coach students so that they become more independent and responsible directors of their own learning, to subtle shifts in teacher language and behaviour that change the climate for learning.

Rooted in the authors knowledge of international research about how students can and should learn in schools, this practical guide is suitable for both newly qualified and experienced teachers of students aged 11-18. It will also appeal to those school principals, educationalists, and administrators who are committed to improving both students achievement and their preparedness for the world of learning beyond school.

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Awards/获奖情况：The LPA is a very useful and realistic theory about teaching. It is a pedagogical approach with a worthy aim that puts language about learning at the forefront, focuses on strengths rather than weaknesses, helps us to conceptualise progress in students’ learning, and explains how to work towards developing independent, responsible learners.

’Powering Up Students’ links together LPA theory, real examples from high school classrooms, and useful discussion around the implementation of the approach. It will empower high school teachers to make changes in their classroom practice and help them to enhance students’ ownership of their own learning. - Hjordis Thorgeirsdottir, sociology teacher, Sund Upper Secondary School

In ’Powering Up Students’ Claxton and Powell articulate much-needed clarity about what really matters when educating high school students in the 21st century. Their argument contrasts valuably with a discourse on schooling which tends to be overly focused on shallow and reductive outcomes for young people. Instead, the authors recognise how teachers need an approach that enables and empowers learners to navigate the complexities of modern life.

The myriad of practical examples – so applicable to any classroom – along with the authors’ conversational style of writing is what makes this book stand out, making the text perfectly accessible while also being deep in its content. The depth of contribution the book provides is exemplified in its approach to “wondering”, where Claxton and Powell “walk the talk” as they encourage the reader’s powerful learning by posing questions for reflection throughout the chapters.

Thus, ’Powering Up Students’ is a book that practises what it espouses, and so it is of great instructional value to both teachers and school leaders, as well as to those involved in the preparation of all professionals working in high schools. - Ian Potter, Executive Head Teacher, Bay House School and Sixth Form

About the Author/作者介绍： Guy Claxton is a cognitive scientist specialising in the expandability of human intelligence bodily and intuitive as well as intellectual and the roles schools play in either growing or stunting these capacities. A prolific author, his practical programmes for teachers are influencing children’s lives in Ireland, Spain, Poland, Dubai, South Africa, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, and Brazil, as well as across the UK.

Graham Powell has over forty years experience working in education holding various posts including head teacher, Ofsted inspector, and local authority adviser and has throughout his career maintained a passionate concern for the ways in which young people learn. He has worked with numerous schools, both across the UK and overseas, that have chosen to place the LPA at the heart of their vision for 21st century learning. Graham is also a distinctive and inspirational trainer and is the co-author of many books including ’The Learning Powered School’ and ’Pathways to Coaching’.

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