Useful websites - constantly being updated!
Theory (learning, philosophy, models etc):
Relevance: model for reflection
Relevance: model for reflection
Learning sites:
Relevance: Stages of Learning
Relevance: Differences/similarities between adult/child learners, principles of adult learning
http://web.syr.edu/%EWalker/CONSTRUCTIVISTTHEORY.htm
Relevance: Piaget, Bruner and other theories
Relevance: Thinking styles and adult/child learners
Relevance: Social learning Theory
Relevance: Styles of Learning
Relevance: teaching and learning styles
Relevance: self-actualisation
Relevance: Learning styles
Relevance: learning styles
Relevance: Learning styles
Relevance: Perceptual Modality
Relevance: personality assessment – Katherine Benziger
Relevance: Thinking styles assessment
Relevance: Principles of adult learning, adult learning (30 things we know)
Relevance: Principles of adult learning
Relevance: Objectivist, Behaviourist and Modern Models
Re: reflective practitioning
Relevance: Piaget, Honey and Mumford
Relevance: Intuitive Practitioning
Relevance: Reflective practitioning
Relevance: closed ended questionnaires
Relevance: States of Learning
Relevance: Learning Styles
Relevance: Global/Analytical brains
Relevance: whole brain learning
Technology audit sites:
Relevance: technology audit considerations
Relevance: technology audit considerations
Relevance: technology audits Using Technology to address learning needs:
News and updates:
Research, teaching tips and resources:
Questioning technique and theory
Learning general and 'rote':
Relevance: The learning hierarchy
Relevance: Hierarchies of learning
Relevance: Learning pyramid
Relevance: Active learning
Relevance: Pyramid of development, learning and well-being
Relevance: Retention rates and learning styles
Relevance: learning retention rates
Relevance: Review: Artificial Intelligence/Child Development
Relevance: dictionary definitions of ‘rote learning’
Relevance: Article on rejecting rote learning in favour of creative thinking
Relevance: views of rote learning
Relevance: meaningful Learning Model
Relevance: opinion of rote learning
Relevance: investigating rote learning – meaningful learning
Relevance: historical facts about rote learning
Relevance: a definition of rote learning
Relevance: description of rote learning
Relevance: investigating memory and retention time
Relevance: considering rote learning in relation to math
Relevance: deep and surface learning – approaches to learning
Relevance: left and right brain thinking processes
Relevance: multiple intelligences
Relevance: teaching methods – rote learning, guided problem-solving and diagnostic teaching
Relevance: deep and surface learning – approaches to learning
Relevance: left and right brain thinking processes
Relevance: multiple intelligences
Relevance: Honey & Mumford – exploring thinking and learning
Documents:
University of Edinburgh – Christina Au and Noel Entwistle – ‘Memorisation with understanding’ in approaches to studying: cultural variant or response to assessment demands? August 1999
Relevance: Surface and deep learning
Specific Learning Diffculties:
Relevance: Childhood Apraxia of Speech - definitions
Relevance: Dyspraxia - symptoms
Relevance: Asperger Syndrome - definition
Relevance: Recognising Dyslexia - symptoms
Relevance: Fragile X Syndrome – definition
Relevance: Explanation of Dyspraxia
Relevance: Suggestions for considering General Learning Difficulties
Relevance: Attention Deficit Disorder – symptoms
Relevance: Dysgrahia – definition
Relevance: accommodating learning styles in conjunction with Dyslexia
Developmental Dyspraxia
Documents:
The Relationship between language-processing and visual-processing deficits in Developmental Dyslexia by Laurie Cestnick and Max Coltheart – Dept. of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
Relevance: definitions of Dysphoneidesia, Dysphonesia, Dyseidesia
University of Edinburgh – Christina Au and Noel Entwistle – ‘Memorisation with understanding’ in approaches to studying: cultural variant or response to assessment demands? August 1999
Relevance: Surface and deep learning
Reading interventiion programs and reading theory:
Relevance: intervention program EIR
Relevance: Book Buddies – alternative program for teaching reading
Relevance: ‘The Reading Wars’ essay by Dr Jon Reyhner
Relevance: Article by Jenny Curtis on debate: Phonics vs. Whole language approach to learning to read.
Relevance: how memory works
Relevance: explanation of EER scheme and effectiveness
Relevance: NICHD Reading Research – effective techniques for teaching reading
Relevance: language and cognitive development – early reading development
Relevance: using phonics for successful early reading
Relevance: importance of rhyme and alliteration in early reading
Preventing reading problems
Relevance: overview of findings of ERR project findings
Documents on reading:
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory – RA Knuth and BF Jones 1991 – What does research say about reading?
Relevance: Important trends in reading instruction – questions for teachers
University of Warwick – Dr Jonathan Solity 2003 – Teaching phonics in the National Literacy Strategy
Relevance: explanation of the elements of ERR in relation to the National Literacy Strategy
Tools:
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Useful books:
Key: Excellent - research ***
Good 'Dipping' Book**
Good Strategies for teaching*
Reflective Teaching - Andrew Pollard - ISBN 0-8264-5117-9 **
Readings for Reflective Teaching - ISBN 0-8264-5115-2 **
Psychology (An introduction)- Nicky Hayes/Sue Orrell ISBN 0-582-31893-9 ***
Introduction to Education Studies - Steve Bartlett (& Co)ISBN 0-7619-7016-9 **
Psychology - Carole Wade/Carol Tavris ISBN 0-673-99647-6 ***
Multiple Intelligences - Howard Gardner - ISBN 0-465-01822-X **
Hidden Minds - Frank Tallis - ISBN 1-86197-311-x (about the unconscious mind)
Emotional Intelligence - Daniel Goleman - ISBN 0-7475-2830-6 **
Teaching Today - Geoffrey Petty - ISBN 0-7487-3507-0*** & ** & *
Teaching, Training and Learning - Ian Reece, Stephen Walker - ISBN 1-901888 30 4*** & **
Behaviour Recovery - Bill Rogers - ISBN 1-4129-0145-6 *** & **
Critical Thinking for Students - Roy van den Brink-Budgen - ISBN 1-85703-634-4 ***
The Intuitive Practitioner - Terry Atkinson, Guy Claxton - ISBN 0-335-20362-0 **
Introduction to Education Studies - Steve Bartlett, Diana Burton, Nick Peim - ISBN 0-7619-7016-9 ***
Asking Better Questions - Norah Morgan and Juliana Saxton - ISBN 1551380455
Research in Education - Louis Cohen (& co) - ISBN 0-415-19541-1 **
Doing Research with Children - Anne Greig/Jayne Taylor ISBN 0-7619-5590-9 ***
Doing your Research Project - Judith Bell - ISBN 0-335-20388-4 **
Critical Thinking for Students - Roy van den Brink-Budgen - ISBN 1-85703-634-4 **
A Teacher's Guide to Classroom Research - David Hopkins - ISBN 0-335-21004-X***
Critical Incidents in Teaching - David Tripp - ISBN 0-415-09543-3**
Assessing Children's Learning - Mary Jane Drummond/Andrew Pollard ISBN 1-85346-198-9 ***
A Practical Guide to Child Observation and Assessment - Christine Hobart/Jill Frankel - ISBN 0-7487-4500-9 **
Learning Through Child Observation - Mary Fawcett - ISBN 1-85302-288-8 **
How Children Think and Learn - David Wood - ISBN 0-631-20007-X **
An Introduction to Child Development - G C Davenport - ISBN 0-00-322355-8 **
How the Child's Mind develops - David Cohen - ISBN 0-415-21654-0 **
Children's Minds - Margaret Donaldson - ISBN 0-00-686122-9 ***
How the Special Needs Brain Learns - David A. Sousa - ISBN 0-7619-7851-8 *** (Good all round!)
Day-to-Day Dyslexia in the Classroom - Joy Pollock/Elisabeth Waller - ISBN0-415-11132-3 *** & *
How to Detect and Manage Dyslexia - Philomena Ott - ISBN 0-435-10419-5 *** & *
Asperger's Syndrome - Tony Attwood - ISBN 1-85302-577-1 (interesting insights)***
Good Practice in Caring for Young Children with Special Needs - Angela Dare/Margaret O'Donovan
ISBN - 0-7487-6837-8 ** & *
The gift of Dyslexia - Ronald D Davis - 0-285-63412-7 (interesting insights)***
Asperger Syndrome the Universe and Everything - Kenneth Hall - ISBN 1-85302-930-0 (ditto)***
Counselling Children - kathryn/David Geldard - ISBN 0-7619-5552-6 **
How to talk so Kids will Listen & Listen so Kids will Talk - Adele Faber/Elaine Mazlish -
ISBN 1-85340-705-4 ***
Dyspraxia The Hidden Handicap - Dr A Kirby - ISBN 0-285-63512-3 **
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