Brain Development and School: Practical Classroom Strategies to Help Pupils Develop Executive Function
Author:   Pat Guy (Eton College, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781138494916


Pages:   116
Publication Date:   04 September 2018
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Pat Guy (Eton College, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.316kg
ISBN:  

9781138494916


ISBN 10:   1138494917
Pages:   116
Publication Date:   04 September 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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1. What is Executive Functioning? 2. Who is at risk and why 3. Action: an individual’s ability to monitor and regulate their activity 4. Activation: the organisation of tasks 5. Effort: the pupil’s ability to regulate and sustain their effort and motivation 6. Emotion: managing frustration and modulating feelings 7. Focus: finding, sustaining, and shifting attention as required 8. Memory: using working memory and accessing recall 9. Child development: formal learning, play, risk taking and physical exercise 10. Self-assessment questionnaire

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Theory meets practical advice in this book featuring techniques and approaches to enhancing the evolving mind. Packed with useful tips that are grounded in theory, it examines how to support aspects of children's executive functioning that can affect their school life, including self-control, memory, metacognition, organisation, motivation, self-regulation and focus. - educate Magazine (National Education Union)


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Pat Guy teaches in Eton College’s Learning Centre, UK, and is a Specialist Member sitting on SENDIST Tribunals at HM Courts. She is the author of Keeping Minds Happy and Healthy and Transforming Reading Skills in the Secondary School with Routledge.

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