David Hughes

Re-Examining Success

Raising Pupils' Examination Performance at Secondary School: Systems, Techniques, Processes and Partners

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Provides the research and practical insights required for secondary schools to radically review and remodel exam preparation provision with a view to ensuring more pupils, particularly those that are vulnerable, can perform to their potential.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 156mm x 235mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 294g
• ISBN-13: 9781913063092
• ISBN-10: 1913063097
• Artikelnr.: 56970656

Autorenporträt

David Hughes was a teacher and senior leader within the secondary and tertiary sectors for over 24 years, working in a range of both successful and failing schools. He has led and managed improvement projects at local authority, regional and national levels. Whilst working on the Building Schools for the Future programme, he was seconded for almost two years to support the development of the Opening Minds curriculum, devised in collaboration with the Confederation of British Industry as a twenty-first century learning model for schools, which mirrored the world's most effective educational systems and addressed the attitudes, behaviours and competences required of the modern learner. He is an associate of the University of Nottingham School of Education and a writer for the educational press.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The futility of current revision strategies 2. The wider context of
revision and testing 3. Research led insights 4. Ebbinghaus and the
forgetting curve 5. Personalising revision 6. Socialising revision 7.
Setting new systems 8. Success, failure and indifference 9. Mapping your
future 10. Target setting 11. Getting systematic: Managing time and content
12. Revision hacks for best results 13. Getting parent buy-in 14. Equipping
parents with the knowledge and techniques that will best support their
child's success 15. Helping parents build an effective home learning
environment 16. Aiding parents to establish effective performance targets
and rewards 17. Helping parents to support the emotional resilience of
their child