Effective Learning in Classrooms

Dr Caroline LodgeQualifications and position:BA, MA, EdD, Member of NAPCE, AUTSenior Lecturer In School Improvemt And EffectivenessFaculty:Faculty of Children and LearningDepartment:Department of Curriculum, Pedagogy and AssessmentSummary:A former secondary headteacher in an inner London school, Caroline has been studying school improvement, learning and teacher development for many years. Her most recent interest is in involving young people in research, including in visual research.Teaching:Leader of MA in School Effectiveness and School Improvement. Contributes to other programmes: eg Doctoral.Professional Activities:Editorial Board: Improving SchoolsConferences/presentations:University of Southern Queensland Keynote on Engaging student voice to improve pedagogy and learning: An exploration of examples of innovative pedagogical approaches for school improvement (October 2007)

• IntroductionLearning in Classrooms - What′s the Best We Know?What is Effective Learning?What Do We See in Classrooms - Ways of SeeingVoices on Learning and the Culture of Classrooms - Contemporary MythsYour Conceptions of Learning and Teaching - Teachers and the Tensions They FacePromoting Effective Learning - Active, Collaborative, Pupil Agency and Meta-LearningTalking With Colleagues - Telling Our Best Stories of Learning in ClassroomsConclusions

′This is a splendid book. [The authors] distil the results of their distinguished research and teaching to provide teachers with a new set of lenses with which to look at successful learning in classrooms. At the core of the book is a powerful critique of externally imposed frameworks for improving teaching and learning, and in their place, Watkins, Carnell and Lodge offer a powerful conception of the teacher as transformative pedogogue...This is a book which should not be on the shelf but on the desk of every professional development coordinator in schools′ - Teacher Development