Challenging Early Learning

Challenging Early Learning
Title: Challenging Early Learning: Helping Young Children Learn How to Learn : 1st Edition

Authors: James Nottingham, Jill Nottingham

What are the goals of early years education? A lot of people ask this question and receive answers ranging from keeping children safe; introducing them to the values of society; encouraging a love of language; giving them experience of socialising, harmonising, and behaving appropriately. This book shares the best strategies to help children grow into even more curious, resilient, happy, articulate and thoughtful learners.

Challenging Early Learning takes James Nottingham's tried and tested and acclaimed 'learning to learn' methodology and applies it to teaching 3-7 year olds. Each chapter includes:

Colourful and stimulating learning activities that will help children learn how to learn Practical "Now Try This" sections that encourage readers to think about current practice and explore new ideas.

A Review section that focuses on building a broad tool kit of teaching strategies

Covering a range of key topics such as feedback, dialogue, growth mindset and the Learning Pit, this book is aimed at all pedagogues, teachers, parents and leaders wanting to challenge the way in which we learn and make learning more challenging.

Jill and James Nottingham started an educational company in 1999 to support local nurseries and schools with the development of Philosophy for Children. This evolved into a multi-million pound, social regeneration project to raise the aspirations and abilities of young people in North East England. With the success of this project, early childhood centres across Scandinavia, Australia and New Zealand wanted to get involved in the Nottinghams’ award-winning approaches to challenge, dialogue, feedback, questioning and progress. To meet this demand, Jill and James set up companies in Australia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the UK and the USA, and now employ 30 educational experts who lead, demonstrate and guide practitioners and parents in the best ways to enhance young children’s learning.

ISBN: 9780367027650
Published: 27 May 2019
Number Of Pages: 194
Routledge/Taylor and Francis
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Challenging Learning

Challenging Learning
Challenging Learning : Theory, effective practice and lesson ideas to create optimal learning in the classroom : 2nd Edition

James Nottingham

Challenging Learning offers advice and techniques for helping children of all ages develop into confident, thoughtful and independent learners. Based around the acronym ASK (Attitudes, Skills and Knowledge), this essential guide explores attitudes, skills and knowledge to learning. It considers the strategies that can help teachers to challenge their pupils to think more skilfully and logically and how to develop these techniques more effectively.

Drawing on the latest research from some of the most respected experts in the field, Challenging Learning encourages independent thinking and a spirit of inquiry in pupils of all ages. Through the use of rich examples of classroom interactions, this book offers strategies that will help pupils to produce their own thoughtful conclusions, develop their own concepts, examine logic and remain open to alternatives.

Highlights include:

* effective teaching strategies including FACTS, the Teaching Target Model and the Learning Pit Models
* up-to-date research and theory from leading experts
* practical suggestions and principles to help you design and develop your own lessons.

For everyone living or working with children – particularly teachers, parents, carers and youth workers - this book shows some of the best ways to enhance children’s learning, including how to question, praise, give feedback and encourage more effectively.
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Learning Challenge Lessons, Secondary English Language Arts

Learning Challenge Lessons, Secondary English Language Arts
Learning Challenge Lessons, Secondary English Language Arts
20 Lessons to Guide Students Through the Learning Pit

Jill Nottingham, James Nottingham


Fans of the The Learning Challenge who want ready-to-use lessons for their secondary ELA classrooms need not look any further. This book provides teachers with everything they need to run dialogue-driven challenges so that students engage more deeply and develop literary skills critical to ELA standards. Students will analyze texts in lessons grounded in cognitive conflicts such as

* To be successful you cannot fail, but most successful people have experienced many failures along the way (Lesson 7: Was Jay Gatsby a success?)
* Love is impossible to define, and yet everyone knows what love is (Lesson 11: Is Romeo really in love?)

Published: 19th April 2019
ISBN: 9781544330525
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Learning Challenge

Learning Challenge
Learning Challenge: How to Guide Your Students Through the Learning Pit to Achieve Deeper Understanding (International Edition)

by James Nottingham

Embrace challenge and celebrate eureka!

Challenge makes learning more interesting. That’s one of the reasons to encourage your students to dive into the learning pit—a state of cognitive conflict that forces students to think more deeply, critically, and strategically until they discover their “eureka” moment. Nottingham, an internationally known author and consultant, will show you how to promote challenge, dialogue, and a growth mindset through:

o Practical strategies that guide students through the four stages of the Learning Challenge
o Engaging lesson plan ideas and classroom activities
o Inspiring examples from Learning Challenges across the world

If you and your students focus on grades alone then rich learning opportunities might be missed along the way. A more rigorous and exploratory path to learning leads to a deeper understanding of concepts. When students experience The Learning Challenge, learning lasts for a lifetime.

Edition Number: 1
Published: 14th August 2017
ISBN: 9781506376950
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Challenging Mindset

Challenging Mindset
Challenging Mindset: Why a Growth Mindset Makes a Difference in Learning - and What to Do When It Doesn't

James A Nottingham, Bosse Larsson

Mindset doesn’t matter when things are easy; it is only when faced with challenges that working from a growth mindset influences learning.

Answering key questions about Carol Dweck’s theory of mindset, this book shows how to create the right conditions for a growth mindset to flourish in your classroom. James Nottingham and Bosse Larsson tackle head-on these questions with research-backed clarity, and share proven strategies for mindset success.

Highlights include:
• Comments and insights from Carol Dweck to enhance your understanding of her important work
• An exploration of the relationship between mindset and grades
• Strategies to encourage a growth mindset during moments of challenge
• Comprehensive lesson ideas for teaching students about mindset


"Wow. Each one of the books in the Learning Challenge series deepens my understanding of how to be a better teacher, leader, and parent. We have all read the research on the importance of having a growth mindset but here lies a complete guide with visuals, strategies, and explanations for how to make it come to life in the classroom."

Edition Number: 1
Published: 13th July 2018
ISBN: 9781506376622
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