Improving Learning how to Learn

Learning how to learn is an essential preparation for lifelong learning. While this is widely acknowledged by teachers, they have lacked a rich professional knowledge base from which they can teach their pupils to learn how to learn. This book makes a major contribution by building on previous work associated with assessment for learning'. Improving Learning How to Learn is based on the findings of a major development and research project that explored what teachers can do in their classroom practice to help pupils acquire the knowledge and skills of learning how to learn. Specific chapters focus upon: values and practices of staff in relation to classroom assessment, professional learning and management practices; studies of classrooms which indicate that changes in practice can become ritualised unless teachers develop frameworks for thinking about learning; studies of different ways of leading and promoting professional development focused explicitly and consistently on teaching and learning; an exploration of the nature of networks and the various ways they support knowledge creation and dissemination; how learning how to learn practice is reflected in classroom practice, in teacher learning, and in organisational and network learning. This book will be of interest to all those concerned with improving classroom learning and assessment. A practical companion book, Learning How to Learn: Tools for Schools , is also available from Routledge. Mary James is Professor of Education at the Institute of Education, University of London and Deputy Director of the ESRC Teaching and Learning Research Programme. Robert McCormick is Professor at the Faculty of Education and Language Studies, Open University, UK. Paul Black is Emeritus Professor of Science Education at King's College London, University of London, UK. Patrick Carmichael is Project Director at the Centre of Applied Research in Educational Technologies, University of Cambridge, UK. Mary-Jane Drummond has retired from the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK. Alison Fox is Research Fellow at the Centre for Curriculum and Teaching Studies, Open University, UK. John MacBeath O.B.E. is Professor of Educational Leadership, University of Cambridge, UK. Bethan Marshall is Senior Lecturer in English Education at King's College London, University of London, UK. David Pedder is Lecturer in Educational Leadership and School Improvement at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK. Richard Procter is at the Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies, University of Cambridge, UK. Sue Swaffield is Lecturer in Educational Leadership and School Improvement at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK. Joanna Swann is Senior Lecturer in Educational Studies at the University of Brighton, UK. Dylan Wiliam is Deputy Director of the Institute of Education, University of London, UK.McCormick, Robert is the author of 'Improving Learning how to Learn', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415404273 and ISBN 0415404274.