The Character Conundrum is a practical guide for developing confidence, independence and resilience in primary and secondary classrooms. Tackling the hotlycontested question of what role schools can play in developing character, the book untangles the big debates in this area and outlines how teachers can support their pupils to develop the skills and mindsets that will help them to thrive academically. Based on a combination of groundlevel investigations and academic research, the book offers a simple, evidencebased approach that can be implemented at every level of school life. The key to this approach is being deliberate and consistent knowing which mindsets, skills and habits youre trying to develop, and planning the details of your classroom culture, relationships, routines and instruction so that they align and combine to address your aims. When you do this, the author contends, seemingly minor changes to your practice can have a major effect on pupils. The book contains a stepbystep guide to bringing this approach to life in your classroom, including a framework of pupil outcomes, a flowchart of teacher actions, classroom case studies and a wealth of triedandtested strategies from primary and secondary schools across the UK. A lack of confidence, independence and resilience is a major barrier to learning for many pupils and dilutes other efforts that schools make to support them. The Character Conundrum argues that teachers can help pupils develop these...

Binding: Paperback;172 pages; Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales); Classification: JNC; Weight: 444 g; Dimensions: 247 x 175 x 10

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