Supporting Effective Learning

`Teachers will find this book helpful because it locates convincing
theoretical reasoning with the familiar practice of the learning environments
of the secondary school. Many other learners, in formal education and beyond,
might simply find the book an informative and challenging read.... The book
provides more than a theoretical and ideological extension of a social
constructivist of model learning. It identifies a realistic way forward.
Perhaps it will have the impact it deserves' - British Journal Educational
Psychology

`Eileen Carnell and Caroline Lodge have given us a book with many virtues…. It
is thoughtful and thought-provoking, and the many examples and case studies
bring the theoretical discussions alive' \- Ron Best, Cambridge Journal of
Education

`The overall style of the book is highly reader-friendly. The links between
ideas are clear, the case studies are by and large helpful, and the bullet
pointed practical strategies are substantial enough to give practitioners
throughout the key stages new ideas to try. This is an intelligently written
book which does much to further the effective learning debate' - Angela Scott,
British Journal of Special Education

'This book is highly useful for teacher trainees (pre-service and in-service).
School administrators will find it useful to develop a system that will help
change focus from teaching to learning. Above all, anyone interested in
student learning will find the volume extremely useful' - Sanjaya Mishra,
British Journal of Educational Technology

This teacher-friendly book focuses on learning at all levels in secondary
schools. The authors are mainly concerned with how young people learn and how
those in different roles in schools can promote their learning. They combine
research with challenging ideas to stimulate tutors, subject teachers, team
leaders and school managers as well as mentors and governors to think about
their role in young people's learning. They examine these relationships within
school and beyond its boundaries. The authors do this by drawing on different
voices in secondary schools: young people, as well as parents, teachers and
others who have a role in supporting young people's learning.

This book will be essential reading for PGCE Secondary Students and practising
teachers of the 11-16 age-range; local authority advisers and secondary school
managers.

Eileen Carnell has been involved for 25 years in teaching, professional
development and educational research and is at present Senior Lecturer in
Education at the Institute of Education, University of London.

Caroline Lodge is Senior Lecturer in Effectiveness and Improvement, Associate
Director of International School Effectiveness and Improvement Centre at the
Institute of Education.