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Power Up Your Mind Learn faster, work smarter A practical toolkit of activities, self-assessment ideas and hands-on exercises. This book helps our understanding of how we learn and reveals the practical steps we can take to learn faster and work smarter. Bill Lucas £14.95 ISBN: 1 85788-275-X |
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Understanding Your Learning Audience A summary of five years’ qualitative research Understanding individuals’ attitudes to learning, and what would persuade them to take up learning again is a crucial step to engaging more people in learning throughout their lives. Drawing on the Campaign for Learning’s extensive qualitative research, this book looks behind the statistics to explore attitudes to learning of:
Michelle Wake £8.95 48 pages ISBN: 1 903107 15 6 |
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Marketing Learning Series This new series looks at how the application of marketing principles can help develop, promote and deliver learning opportunities in different sectors. Marketing Learning in Sports, Leisure and Recreation and Marketing Learning in Arts, Culture and Heritage* are the first two books in the series written by Michelle Wake, Marketing Director at the Campaign for Learning. Each book introduces the key marketing concepts and approaches for a non-specialist audience and adds research, applications, resources and sector-specific case studies to show how learning can be best promoted in practice. Chapters cover:
Please note that these two books are broadly similar in content but contain case studies specific to each market. Forthcoming title in the series: Marketing Learning in the Workplace Marketing Learning in Sports, Leisure and Recreation Michelle Wake £13.95 80 pages - ISBN: 1 903107 15 6 Marketing Learning in Arts, Culture and Heritage Michelle Wake £13.95 80 pages - ISBN: 1 903107 16 4 |
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 Understanding Barriers to LearningA Guide to Research and Current Thinking A comprehensive overview of the cultural, structural and personal barriers to learning, pulling together the vast amount of research and thinking over the past ten years. An accessibly written, and valuable reference, for those working in the fields of family learning and lifelong learning. Peter Maxted |
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 Understanding Motivation for Lifelong LearningUnderstanding what motivates people to learn is now recognised by policy makers and practitioners alike as the key to the creation of the Learning Age. Based on extensive research, including a series of seminars with practitioners, this book presents for the first time a comprehensive assessment of thinking about motivation for lifelong learning. Jim Smith and Andrea Spurling £14.95 130 pages ISBN: 1 903107 00 8 |
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 Realising PotentialHelping homeless and disadvantaged young people back into learning Researched and published in partnership with the Foyer Federation, this guide outlines: recent policy developments and new data on the attitudes to learning of those with few qualifications; 16 case study projects, in foyers and elsewhere, and interviews with young learners, and key factors that make up successful projects with young, disenchanted learners. Peter Maxted £9.95 48 pages ISBN: 1 903107 01 6 |
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 Inviting Families InA Guide to Organising Family Learning Events Inviting Families In is a practical resource to help schools to organise successful family learning events. It shows how to make family learning appealing to parents and how to involve the so-called ‘hard to reach’ parents. Inviting Families In provides a clear framework to guide you through the whole process of setting up a family learning event. Detailed advice is given about:
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 Hungry to ReadNew Ways to Promote Reading This book is for all those interested in reading and how it can be promoted and supported effectively. It includes practical advice with key questions answered, and photocopiable checklists at the end of each chapter. It is based upon nearly 200 projects, co-ordinated by the Campaign for Learning for the BT Reading Challenge. Toby Greany / Campaign for Learning 48 pages, £9.95 ISBN: 1–903107–04–0 |
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LEARNING THROUGH SCHOOLS Citizenship SchoolsPrimary/Secondary Becoming a Citizenship School is a natural next step for schools wanting to motivate and equip young people for life in our complex society. With photocopiable activities and case studies showing how many schools are already making citizenship an everyday experience for young people, this book is a must for those wanting to go beyond the citizenship curriculum in schools. For primary and secondary schools. Titus Alexander 120 pages £14.95 ISBN: 1–903107–05–9 |
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 Schools in the Learning AgeA collection of thought-provoking papers on schools and lifelong learning from some of the UK’s leading policy makers and thinkers. Addressing one of the most important educational debates in the 21st Century, this book includes contributions from Terry Ryan, Professor Stephen Heppel, Professor Ken Robinson, Guy Claxton, Tom Bentley, Professor Bob Fryer CBE, and Professor Michael Barber. Edited by Bill Lucas and Toby Greany £12.95 125 pages ISBN: 1 903107 10 5 |
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Learning to learn series These books give guidance on how to help pupils learn most effectively. They include:
Rebecca Goodbourn, Steve Higgins, Susie Parsons, Kate Wall and Julia Wright Learning to learn for life Foundation Stage/KS1 128 pages - £14.95 ISBN: 9 781855 391789 Learning to learn for life 2 KS2 168 pages - £16.95 ISBN: 9 781855 392090 |
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 Teaching Pupils How to LearnResearch, practice and INSET resources The Campaign for Learning’s national ‘learning to learn’ action research project has involved 24 schools covering all ages in England and Wales. This book explores the underpinning theory and policy frameworks, and reports on the findings in the context of questions such as, ‘can learning to learn raise standards?’ It offers practical suggestions for individual schools wishing to implement a ‘learning to learn’ project, and provides an innovative fold-out INSET resource for teachers. Bill Lucas, Toby Greany, Jill Rodd and Ray Wicks £6.00 - 80 pages ISBN: 1 85539 098 1 |
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 Family Learning: an agenda for actionIn 2000, the Campaign for Learning and partner organisations published A manifesto for family learning which called for greater support and resources for family learning. Family Learning: an agenda for action looks again at what we mean by family learning, the impact that it can have on children, young people and adults and why it should be supported. The booklet highlights recent policy developments and research evidence, illustrates some of the excellent work that is already being done and makes recommendations to government and its agencies as to how this work may be built on and made sustainable. This publication will be of interest to:
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