Books published by Network Educational Press Ltd

A book of practical physical movements to aid learning. The proposition is that physical movement can offer reprieve, it can link to learning, it can improve motor control and it can be fun and memorable in itself.

The new sciences of brain and mind are revealing that everyone has the capacity to become a powerful, lifelong learner. In this book, Guy Claxton teaches us how to raise children who are curious and confident explorers, and how we ourselves can learn to pair problem-solving with creativity.

A resource for teachers in their continuous search to improve classroom effectiveness. This book and associated videos present recordings of five experienced teachers in action, together with a clear commentary and analysis.

Drawing on evidence from the past, this book shows how shifting attitudes in society and politics have shaped Western education systems into those we are familiar with today.

This book brings parents, teachers and carers up to date with developments on the thinking about and provision for able and talented children. It advises how to provide more able children with the best possible opportunities, in partnership with schools and specialist organizations.

Including guidelines and information on the key components of personalizing learning, this book offers activities to support personal, team and whole school understanding. It provides a range of diagnostic and developmental activities that can be used to support planning and implementation. It focuses on learning and teaching strategies; and more.

Presenting both a manifesto and a model for the personalization of learning, this book combines theories of learning with best professional practice to support schools in developing their own way of moving from improvement to transformation.

This work takes the principles of how to enhance learning, as established in many other books in this series, one step further. It applies these principles to staff, to staff development and finally to management and leadership.

This practical book treats listening as a thinking activity, and develops a step-by-step approach to its improvement, using knowledge about how the brain works.

This text offers a framework in which the intuitions of individual teachers have been synthesised into a broader understanding of how learning happens. It suggests a holistic model, which strives to integrate a number of learning theories.

Cramlington Community High School has been officially described as 'an exciting place to learn'. This book tells the story of its pioneering work with accelerated learning, and offers strategies for whole school, departmental and classroom level improvement.

St John's School and Community College in Wiltshire made headline news this year. In challenging old ideas about homework and the National Curriculum, St. John's has developed its own integrated curriculum based on: -        learning to learn -        managing information -        managing situations -        relating to people -        global citizenship - a curriculum designed to equip learners with the skills and knowledge they need to thrive in the real world. The success of this new approach has resulted in: -        improved academic progress-        better behaviour-        greater learning opportunities-        increased confidence-        more responsible learners.Nurturing Independent Thinkers is both a practical guide to the implementation of the 'St John's curriculum' and a realistic account of the journey taken by the staff and students involved.

Discover how you can successfully introduce change in your school, positively influence key colleagues and ensure that you achieve the best possible outcome.

This book has been written by teachers for teachers to: highlight key issues emerging from recent discoveries about the brain provide practical strategies that apply this new understanding in the classroom help increase pupil motivation, improve learning and raise attainment. Our understanding of the brain and the learning process is greater today than ever before. Strategies for Closing the Learning Gap applies this new knowledge and the resulting advances in learning approaches to the everyday classroom. Presented in the same easy-to-read style as Mike Hughes' Closing the Learning Gap, this practical book is ideal for teacher to browse through during the lunch hour or non-contact periods. With over 40 years' combined teaching experience and a wealth of knowledge gained through training and supporting schools across the country, Mike Hughes and Andy Vass provide a fund of effective down-to-earth ideas that have been successfully implemented and refined in the classroom.

Supports teachers as they guide their pupils through the often perplexing period of transition from child to adult. This book introduces, stage by stage, life skills that are essential to future success. It contains exercises to raise points for discussion and to help young people explore sensitive issues with the help of a supportive adult.

This work is based on two years of ground-breaking research in 25 schools by over 100 teachers and many thousands of pupils. The research explored a variety of approaches to teaching pupils how they learn and evaluated the impact on standards, pupil motivation and teacher morale.

The theory of multiple intelligences (MI) shows that there is much more to intelligence than high IQ, good spelling or quick mental maths. This guide gives an introduction to MI and provides examples of how you can use it in your teaching. It also includes activities to explore MI, and suggests ways to build MI into everyday teaching.

This resource aims to help the reader create an effective revision programme for his or her students. It is organized into a series of workshops based on recent research into the brain and how it works, giving students insight into how learning occurs and introducing them to revision techniques.

This work takes the research completed by Alistair Smith together with the practical methods developed by Nicola Call and presents them in an easy-to-follow model. The ALPS Method will show anyone who works in primary classrooms how to motivate, stimulate and inspire the children in their care.

Pinocchio the wooden puppet comes to life - and he wants to be a real boy. His friend the cricket tries to help, but Pinocchio can't stop himself running into trouble. This simple retelling of Carlo Collodi's classic tale raises timeless questions about truth, choice and what it means to be real.

Brings together contributions from a range of educationalists interested in the idea of personalizing learning. Although the book is suitable for teachers and policy makers, it is of interest to many others, in health education, consultancy, management, research and development, and industrial training.

Understanding how individuals learn is central to personalizing learning. This guide explains how to implement personalized learning in real and varied contexts. It looks at issues, such as: how learning styles can help 'problem' students; multisensory teaching and learning, beyond VAK; ways to integrate learning styles and ICT; and more.

An analysis on the developments in education, schooling and teaching.

The way into thinking skills. The book outlines the importance of talk both at home and in the classroom. It emphasises that talking is more than just communication, it is the way into thinking skills development.

Improving teaching is the key to genuine and sustainable school improvement. Improvement involves persuading teachers to change and develop their practice but, as anyone who has ever tried will testify, this is far from easy. The focus of Tweak to Transform is what head teachers and school leaders can do to manage the change process and improve the quality of teaching in a school. Essentially, Tweak to Transform is a practical handbook that seeks to address three questions. What do we know about change? What do we know about learning? What do we know about leading and managing the improvement process? While there is no single successful recipe for improving teaching in a school, this book attempts to establish some key principles. The result is a collection of thoughts, activities strategies and models that have been developed and successfully implemented in a wide range of schools.

"Transforming Teaching and Learning" describes in theoretical and practical detail how the widely acclaimed Critical Skills Programme addresses all the current priority isssues of UK education in a uniquely powerful and comprehensive way.

Every child is different - and yet our schools have a 'one size fits all' curriculum that everyone must follow. 'Inclusion' is the buzzword - but is this ideal really possible? Solutions are needed, and this book provides them.

This text explores what effective teaching is and offers a range of practical suggestions and handy tips for new entrants.

This work offers nine principles for brain-based approaches to accelerating learning, improving motivation and raising achievement. It offers the reader a coherent structure and describes guaranteed ways to motivate learners, and esteem-building tools for schools, teachers and parents.

Looking at the place of different thinking skills approaches in delivering a 21st-century education, this practical book is held together by a wide range of case studies. It details the arguments for and against a thinking skills approach and describes the different ways of enhancing thinking.