Transforming Learning and Teaching

Introduction - `We Can If… '/The Story /How the Story Is Told/How the Book Can Be Used /Setting the Scene /The `Learning to Learn' Project/The LEA Context at the Beginning of the Project/A Brief Description of the Schools/Our Guiding Mantra - 'We Can If…' /Getting Started and Keeping Going /Taking Time to Get To Know One Another and Share Concerns/Taking Time to Clarify the Purposes of the Journey (Our Learning Intentions!)/Beginning to Learn How to Learn From Each Other/Bringing the Rest of Our Travelling Companions On Board/Collecting Baseline Data/Sharing 'Highs' and 'Lows' Along the Route and Supporting One Another/Developing Our Teaching Practice to Enhance Pupils' Learning/Encouraging Thinking Skills and Learning Skills/Developing the 'Language of Learning' In Our Classrooms/Stimulating the Learning Brain/Developing Children's Emotional Intelligence/Supporting Teachers as Learners and Researchers/Developing Teachers as Learners/Coaching Managers in the Skills of Leadership for Learning/Providing Induction Programmes For Newly Recruited Staff and Nqts/Investing In High-Quality Training Opportunities for All/Embedding Support and Development within Our School/Improvement Plans/Providing Leadership for Learning/Headteachers Model Total Commitment/Leadership Is Distributed Across the School/Deputy Heads Become the 'Levers' Of School Improvement/Middle Managers and Teams Become Leaders of Learning And/Learning Leaders/Leadership Roles Are Developed Amongst Other Members of Staff/Children Become Leaders of Learning/Accelerating Children's Learning/Heeding the Health Warnings/Reflecting On and Reviewing Progress/Working In Partnership with Parents/Maintaining and Enhancing Inclusive Provision for A Broad And/Balanced Curriculum/Creative Differentiation to Support Inclusion/Keeping Track of Children's Learning/Identifying Issues That Can Inform and Have an Impact On The/Tracking Of Pupils' Learning/Ensuring the Micro and Macro Management of Quantitative Data/Using a Range of Qualitative Tracking Measures/Tracking the Focus Cohort/Evaluating the Impact of the 'Learning to Learn' Project/Analysing Test Data to Assess the Value Added By the Schools/Taking Account of the Outcomes of Objective External Validations/Obtaining People's Perceptions of 'Learning to Learn'/Growing Learners - Children's Views about Learning/What Does Learning Mean To You?/What Does It Mean If You Learn Something?/How Do You Learn Best?/How Do You Feel Learning Has Improved For You?/Are There Particular Things Teachers Support Staff or Other Pupils/Do Which Help You To Learn?/How Do You Feel About The 'No Put-Down' Zones?/What Gets In The Way Of Your Learning? How Do You Try To Sort This Out/Are There Things You Wish Your Teacher Would Do That He/She Does Not Do?/What Is It Like To Be A Learner In Your Class?/Transforming Learning and Teaching - Lessons and Key Principles/Lessons Learned/Transforming Learning and Teaching - Key Principles