Creating an Accelerated Learning School [Paperback]

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.

Preface to the first edition
Foreword

Acknowledgements

Part One - Establishing, supporting and embedding accelerated learning within a school

Timeline - Introducing accelerated learning

Chapter 1 - The need for accelerated learning

Chapter 2 - Establishing accelerated learning within the school

Chapter 3 - Supporting and embedding accelerated learning

Chapter 4 - OFSTED and beyond

Part Two - Accelerated learning - putting it into practice

Timeline - Introducing accelerated learning into a large department

Chapter 5 - Introducing accelerated learning into thel“(