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- A new, updated Accelerated Learning Cycle
- Practical activities for each stage of the cycle
- An outline of why accelerated learning works
- How to work in groups
- Ways to integrate new technologies
- Independent learning and problem solving
- Approaches to staff development
- Guidelines on how to get started
This top-selling book supercedes Accelerated Learning in the Classroom, Alistair Smith's original guide to this highly successful teaching method. Here, three authors have used their combined experience to write an accessible, practical guide that brings the research right up to date. Their message is clear: 'take the ideas and turn them into your own success story'.
Alistair Smith is a leading trainer in modern learning methods and his techniques are used with startling success by thousands of teachers and parents in the UK and abroad. He is the chairperson of Alite; a company he founded to work in the field of motivation, learning and training. Alistair has written award-winning books, featured on radio and television programmes, and spoken at conferences internationally.
Mark Lovatt is Head of Science and Learning Co-ordinator at Cramlington Community High School in Northumberland, England. He has spent considerable time and energy researching, adapting and applying the ideas of accelerated learning to his subject. Mark's energy and enthusiasm is evident from the plaudits his training events receive.
Derek Wise is Headteacher of Cramlington Community High School in Northumberland, England. Derek has been a Deputy Headteacher in two inner city schools and has been the director of an Education Action Zone. He is well respected locally and nationally for his energy and interest in learning innovation and for his championingof comprehensive education.