this Book Describes How An Ordinary High School Set About Incorporating Accelerated Learning Into Its Teaching Practices And Policies. Headteacher Derek Wise Provides A Macro View Of The Process, Discussing The Changes Made Across The Whole School. Head Of Science, Mark Lovatt, Provides A Micro View, Looking At Ways To Use Accelerated Learning In The Classroom. their Experiences Provide Useful Reading For Any School Wishing To Improve The Learning Quality Of Its Students. Several Case Studies Are Included To Show How Accelerated Learning Techniques Can Be Applied To Different Subjects. booknews drawing From The Experiences Of Cramlington Community High School (in Northumberland, England) And Its Work With Accelerated Learning, This Book Considers The Advantages Of The Program, The Evidence Of Its Success, And The Means Of Its Implementation. It Explains The Rationale Underlying The Approach And Recounts Each Step In Its Development. Strategies Are Included For Application At The School, Department, And Classroom Levels. The Authors Are Educators Associated With The School. The Book Is Distributed By Isbs. Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com) This book describes how an ordinary high school set about incorporating accelerated learning into its teaching practices and policies. Headteacher Derek Wise provides a macro view of the process, discussing the changes made across the whole school. Head of Science, Mark Lovatt, provides a micro view, looking at ways to use accelerated learning in the classroom. Their experiences provide useful reading for any school wishing to improve the learning quality of its students. Several case studies are included to show how accelerated learning techniques can be applied to different subjects. This book describes how an ordinary high school set about incorporating accelerated learning into its teaching practices and policies. Headteacher Derek Wise provides a macro view of the process, discussing the changes made across the whole school. Head of Science, Mark Lovatt, provides a micro view, looking at ways to use accelerated learning in the classroom. Their experiences provide useful reading for any school wishing to improve the learning quality of its students. Several case studies are included to show how accelerated learning techniques can be applied to different subjects. "In Creating An Accelerated Learning School you will read how one school took the ideas of accelerated learning and made them successful. The co-authors describe in detail the origins of their approach, from the earliest ideas, and take us through what they did to final success. The UK Schools' Inspectorate described the approach as 'bold and innovative'." "Creating An Accelerated Learning School is packed with strategies for whole school, departmental and classroom level improvement. It is thoroughly researched and practically proven. It provides hundreds of ideas and resources. This is the book that moves beyond theory by giving real examples of how a school has supported and embedded accelerated learning."--BOOK JACKET 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.
