Powering Up Students: The Learning Power Approach to high school teaching

Guy Claxton and Graham Powell's book Powering Up Students offers practical tips for secondary school teachers to enhance their students' learning dispositions and attitudes. The Learning Power Approach (LPA) empowers teachers to develop confident and capable learners by nurturing positive habits of mind. The book provides examples and strategies for implementing the LPA in different curricular areas, with a focus on embedding learning dispositions into challenging content while achieving academic success.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 31 May 2019
Publisher: Crown House Publishing

Guy Claxton and Graham Powell's book, "Powering Up Students," delves into the subtle adjustments to daily practice that can assist secondary school teachers in paying closer attention to the strategies they can employ to enhance their students' learning dispositions and attitudes. The Learning Power Approach (LPA) is a pedagogical framework designed to cultivate all students as confident and capable learners, equipping them with the skills to independently choose, design, research, pursue, troubleshoot, and evaluate learning for themselves, both alone and in collaboration with others, both within and outside the school environment. By integrating the principles of the LPA into the secondary school context, Guy and Graham offer a comprehensive explanation of how the core components of the LPA apply to this level of education. Through the presentation of a diverse range of classroom examples, they illustrate how these components can be effectively implemented across various curricular areas, with a particular emphasis on embedding the learning dispositions into learners' approach to tackling more demanding content while simultaneously prioritizing the achievement of academic success. This book is suitable for both newly qualified and experienced secondary school teachers seeking to enhance their teaching practices and promote student growth.

Weight: 806g
Dimension: 221 x 184 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781785833380