Challenging Early Learning: Helping Young Children Learn How to Learn

What are the goals of Early Years education? A lot of people ask this question and receive answers ranging from keeping children safe; introducing them to the values of society; encouraging a love of language; giving them experience of socialising, harmonising and behaving appropriately. This book shares the best strategies to help children grow into even more curious, resilient, happy, articulate and thoughtful learners.   Challenging Early Learning takes James Nottingham's tried and tested and acclaimed 'learning to learn' methodology and applies it to teaching three- to seven-year-olds. Each chapter includes:    Colourful and stimulating learning activities that will help children learn how to learn.    Practical 'Now Try This' sections that encourage readers to think about current practice and explore new ideas.    A Review section that focuses on building a broad tool kit of teaching strategies.     Covering a range of key topics such as feedback, dialogue, growth mindset and the Learning Pit, this book is aimed at all pedagogues, teachers, parents and leaders wanting to challenge the way in which we learn and make learning more challenging.

Science & Math

Nottingham, James

Nottingham, Jill

Behavioral Sciences

Routledge

What are the goals of Early Years education? A lot of people ask this question and receive answers ranging from keeping children safe; introducing them to the values of society; encouraging a love of language; giving them experience of socialising, harmonising and behaving appropriately. This book shares the best strategies to help children grow into even more curious, resilient, happy, articulate and thoughtful learners. 
Challenging Early Learning takes James Nottingham's tried and tested and acclaimed 'learning to learn' methodology and applies it to teaching three- to seven-year-olds. Each chapter includes: 
Colourful and stimulating learning activities that will help children learn how to learn. 
Practical 'Now Try This' sections that encourage readers to think about current practice and explore new ideas. 
A Review section that focuses on building a broad tool kit of teaching strategies. 
Covering a range of key topics such as feedback, dialogue, growth mindset and the Learning Pit, this book is aimed at all pedagogues, teachers, parents and leaders wanting to challenge the way in which we learn and make learning more challenging.

School’s Out, Learning’s In: Home-Learning Activities to Keep Children Engaged, Curious, and Thoughtful

Bergmann, Carmen

This book is an accessible guide to helping boost your child’s language, curiosity, and problem-solving abilities outside of the classroom. Packed full of learning activities for children and teaching advice for parents, this book is specifically designed to support parents engaging your children in thought-provoking conversations and problem-solving strategies. 
Divided into two parts, the authors first guide readers through "Learning Pit" theory, then present a range of lesson suggestions and useful resources for parents to draw on. This book will give you: 
ideas for learning with friends and family 
tools to ensure your children make the most of the feedback 
resource cards and practical suggestions with each activity 
confidence in your ability to impact your child’s learning 
The perfect resource for parents supporting learning outside of school, School’s Out, Learning’s In will help you to boost your child’s language, curiosity, and problem-solving abilities.

Using feedback to enhance learning Feedback has the potential to dramatically improve student learning – if done correctly. In fact, providing high quality feedback is one of the most critical roles of a teacher. Challenging Learning Through Feedback provides educators with the tools they need to craft high quality feedback and avoid common mistakes. Readers will learn <ul>
<li>How to know when feedback is (and isn’t) working</li> <li>How to design feedback so that it answers three essential questions</li> <li>Practical strategies for crafting Learning Intentions and Success Criteria</li> <li>Strategies, templates, and rubrics for providing feedback</li> <li>How to teach students to give high quality feedback to themselves and others</li> </ul>

Challenging Learning Through Feedback: How to Get the Type, Tone and Quality of Feedback Right Every Time (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

Education & Teaching

Nottingham, James A.

Schools & Teaching

Corwin

Using classroom discussions to teach good habits of thinking Research shows that classroom discussion has a major effect on student learning. So, how do we get students to talk more? Challenging Learning Through Dialogue transforms the most up-to-date research into practical strategies that work. Readers will learn <ul>
<li>How to build in more "wait-time" for better quality thinking and questioning from students</li> <li>How to use dialogue to teach reasoning, collaboration, and good habits of thinking</li> <li>The three types of dialogue and how to teach the most effective version: exploratory talk</li> <li>Dozens of practical strategies for exploratory dialogue</li> <li>Global examples of fun ways to teach dialogue</li> </ul>

Challenging Learning Through Dialogue: Strategies to Engage Your Students and Develop Their Language of Learning (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

Renton, Martin

Using classroom discussions to teach good habits of thinking   Classroom discussion has a major effect on student learning. In fact, dialogue is one of the best vehicles for learning how to think, make moral decisions, and understand another person’s point of view. Research also indicates that most teachers talk too much in the classroom and don’t wait long enough for students to respond. How do we improve the quality of classroom discussion? Challenging Learning Through Dialogue transforms the most up-to-date research into practical strategies that work. Readers will learn  How to build in more "wait-time" for better quality thinking and questioning from students How to use dialogue to teach reasoning, collaboration, and good habits of thinking The three types of dialogue and how to teach the most effective version: exploratory talk Dozens of practical strategies for exploratory dialogue Global examples of fun ways to teach dialogue An innovative new instructional strategy called Classroom Mysteries  Written by an internationally known team of educational innovators, this book is for all educators who aim to use effective classroom dialogue to engage students in learning.  "This valuable book is a must for teachers and families who wish to have their children learn to think and communicate with greater precision and clarity." Arthur L. Costa, Ed. D., Professor Emeritus California State University Sacramento and Co-Director, International Institute for Habits of Mind  "James Nottingham’s work on Challenging Learning is a critical element of creating Visible Learners. This new series will help teachers hone the necessary pedagogical skills of dialogue, feedback, questioning, and mindset." John Hattie, Professor & Director, Melbourne Education Research Institute University of Melbourne

Jumpstart meaningful learning for students with new Learning Challenge lessons Twenty new lessons, created to accompany The Learning Challenge, provide teachers with everything needed to run thoughtful, dialogue-driven challenges for elementary school students. Each compelling and developmentally-appropriate lesson invites young students to think, to be reasonable, to make moral decisions, and to understand another person’s point of view―all critical skills in today’s complex world. Detailed lesson plans help teachers facilitate rigorous discussion around topics of current importance and include activities and techniques that encourage students into the "Learning Pit" to explore ideas and uncertainties with others through dialogue.

Learning Challenge Lessons, Elementary: 20 Lessons to Guide Young Learners Through the Learning Pit (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

Bollom, Mark

Nugent, Joanne

Pringle, Lorna

Fans of the The Learning Challenge who want ready-to-use lessons for their secondary ELA classrooms need not look any further. This book provides teachers with everything they need to run dialogue-driven challenges so that students engage more deeply and develop literary skills critical to ELA standards. Students will analyze texts in lessons grounded in cognitive conflicts such as <ul>
<li>To be successful you cannot fail, but most successful people have experienced many failures along the way (Lesson 7: Was Jay Gatsby a success?)</li> <li>Love is impossible to define, and yet everyone knows what love is (Lesson 11: Is Romeo really in love?) </li> </ul>

Learning Challenge Lessons, Secondary English Language Arts: 20 Lessons to Guide Students Through the Learning Pit (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

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Challenging Early Learning: Helping Young Children Learn How to Learn

Challenging Early Learning: Helping Young Children Learn How to Learn

School’s Out, Learning’s In: Home-Learning Activities to Keep Children Engaged, Curious, and Thoughtful

School’s Out, Learning’s In: Home-Learning Activities to Keep Children Engaged, Curious, and Thoughtful

Challenging Learning Through Feedback: How to Get the Type, Tone and Quality of Feedback Right Every Time (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

Challenging Learning Through Dialogue: Strategies to Engage Your Students and Develop Their Language of Learning (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

Challenging Learning Through Dialogue: Strategies to Engage Your Students and Develop Their Language of Learning (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

Challenging Learning Through Feedback: How to Get the Type, Tone and Quality of Feedback Right Every Time (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

Learning Challenge Lessons, Elementary: 20 Lessons to Guide Young Learners Through the Learning Pit (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

Learning Challenge Lessons, Secondary English Language Arts: 20 Lessons to Guide Students Through the Learning Pit (Corwin Teaching Essentials)