Learning is central to the long-term success of any team and is far too important to dismiss or to relegate to a 'nice to do' list. In The Learning Imperative, bestselling authors Burns and Griffith explore the common barriers to effective learning and present a range of practical tools and strategies to help teams bring about and reap the benefits of a more positive culture around training and development.Together they map out the key stages of the learning journey and p...

Schools do amazing work to support children from disadvantaged backgrounds. But this book will enable them to do more. Disadvantage comes in many forms, but cultural poverty, where some students have relative knowledge gaps compared with their more affluent peers, can be addressed successfully by schools. The Working Classroom explores how working-class students are disadvantaged by a flawed system and what schools can do to close the gap.Written by two experienced authors...

In an era when schools and teachers often seem to operate at one hundred miles an hour, Teaching Backwards offers a more reflective and measured approach to teaching and learning. Where many teachers focus on delivering content in a linear fashion, those who teach backwards start with the end in mind. This means that they know in advance what levels of knowledge, attitude, skills and habits they expect their learners to achieve, they define and demystify ambitious goals, and they establish...

Learning is central to the long-term success of any team and is far too important to dismiss or to relegate to a 'nice to do' list. In The Learning Imperative, bestselling authors Burns and Griffith explore the common barriers to effective learning and present a range of practical tools and strategies to help teams bring about and reap the benefits of a more positive culture around training and development.Together they map out the key stages of the learning journey and p...

In an era when schools and teachers often seem to operate at one hundred miles an hour, Teaching Backwards offers a more reflective and measured approach to teaching and learning. Where many teachers focus on delivering content in a linear fashion, those who teach backwards start with the end in mind. This means that they know in advance what levels of knowledge, attitude, skills and habits they expect their learners to achieve, they define and demystify ambitious goals, and they establish...

A class can be skilled and motivated to learn without a teacher always having to lead. Engaging learners in this way unpicks intrinsic motivation, the foundation that underpins a productive learning environment and helps to develop independent learning, creativity and improved behaviour management.Based on five years of intensive research through Osiris Educational's award-winning Outstanding Teaching Intervention programme, during which the authors have trained more than 500 teach...

A class can be skilled and motivated to learn without a teacher always having to lead. Engaging learners in this way unpicks intrinsic motivation, the foundation that underpins a productive learning environment and helps to develop independent learning, creativity and improved behaviour management.Based on five years of intensive research through Osiris Educational's award-winning Outstanding Teaching Intervention programme, during which the authors have trained more than 500 teach...

Schools do amazing work to support children from disadvantaged backgrounds. But this book will enable them to do more. Disadvantage comes in many forms, but cultural poverty, where some students have relative knowledge gaps compared with their more affluent peers, can be addressed successfully by schools. The Working Classroom explores how working-class students are disadvantaged by a flawed system and what schools can do to close the gap. Written by two experienced authors with a deep und...

**Dive into a laugh-out-loud adventure with You and Me and the Gigantic Knucklehead - the third book in the action packed, hilarious, highly-illustrated You and Me series.From the author behind the multi-million bestselling Treehouse series, Andy Griffiths, this book puts YOU the reader right into the middle of the adventure!This book is highly illustrated by Bill Hope in a comic book style, perfect for fans of Dogman and Bunny vs Monkey. What are...

**Dive into a laugh-out-loud adventure with You and Me and the Gigantic Knucklehead - the third audiobook in the action packed and hilarious You and Me series.From the author behind the multi-million bestselling Treehouse series, Andy Griffiths, this audiobook puts YOU the listener right into the middle of the adventure!What are you waiting for? Come on in!**Hey, you – yes, you!Remember that time we went to Johnny‘s house to borrow a cup of sugar an...

You and Me take on Johnny Knucklehead when he becomes the king of giants, in this whacky chapter book from the New York Times–bestselling author of the Treehouse books, filled with fun illustrations!Hey, you—yes, you!Remember that time we went to Johnny‘s house to borrow a cup of sugar and we accidentally stepped in a puddle of Super-grow-big Formula that he’d invented and we became giants?That was one of our biggest—and most donut...

Is this the right book for you? Take the ANNOYING TEST and find out!Do you ask 'Are we there yet?' over and over on long car trips?Do you like to drive people mad by copying everything they say and do?Do you hog the shower and use up all the hot water?Do you enjoy asking silly questions that have no real answers?Do you swing on the washing line whenever you get the chance?SCORE: