From Wellbeing to Welldoing

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-5297-6892-3
Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 442 g

Do you sometimes find yourself trying to juggle the demands and pressures of learning, whilst also trying to look after your own wellbeing? Then you have come to the right place! This book will introduce you to simple and practical techniques designed to remove a lot of the anxiety around learning. Not only will these techniques help you to achieve and succeed in your studies, but also take control of your own learning and support your wellbeing.

Whether you are trying to tackle an assignment, juggle pending deadlines, or revise for an exam, these tried and tested techniques will help you save time and energy, look after yourself, and develop an approach to learning that is right for you. What’s more, the Welldoing strategies are transferable and can also be used in your home and working lives to help you to think, learn and be well.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Osborne, Abby

Angus-Cole, Karen

Venables, Loti

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Berufliche Bildung Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten, Studientechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Welcome to Welldoing
Chapter 2: Cognitively comfy learning: Manage your environment to boost your learning potential
Chapter 3: Time and task savvy learning: Adapt and flex your schedule for efficient learning
Chapter 4: Stress-free learning (well almost!): Pro-actively manage your varied life demands and reduce unnecessary stress
Chapter 5: Reader’s and writer’s block: Adapt how you interact with the page to get started with reading and writing tasks
Chapter 6: Recipes for planning and writing: Handy recipes to help you successfully cook-up great pieces of writing
Chapter 7: The revision elevator: Strategies to give your revision a lift!
Chapter 8: Walking a tightrope: The safety net approach to thriving rather than surviving when public speaking
Chapter 9: The hurdle-free approach to group work: Anticipate, plan for and manage the challenges of working with others
Chapter 10: Tempting templates: Example templates to help you put Welldoing into practice

Über Autor(innen)

Venables, Loti
Loti Venables is a SEN teacher within a mainstream secondary school, delivering Alternative Provision to a range of vulnerable, disadvantaged and SEN students. With a degree in Illustration and Graphics, she applies her visual way of seeing the world to produce supporting academic materials and pastoral guides within her department. Loti has worked for over two decades in teaching working as an art specialist within a SEN setting, as a secondary school art teacher delivering GCSE and A level and recently combining both skill sets to deliver Art as an Alternative Provision, with a focus on mentoring, social and life skills.

Angus-Cole, Karen
Karen Angus-Cole has a number of years’ experience teaching in UK secondary schools and tutoring students. She previously worked in the University of Bath's Centre for Learning and Teaching where she supported teaching staff to develop effective curricula centred on student learning. Now she is a Lecturer in the Department of Education at the University, focussing on pedagogy and assessment. Karen also provides education consultancy, designing learning materials for students as well as professional development workshops for teaching staff. She has worked for the BBC to create Bitesize revision resources for secondary school students, as well as Cambridge University and Cambridge Assessment International Education as a Trainer and resource developer.

Osborne, Abby
Abby Osborne works at the University of Bath in the Centre for Learning and Teaching as their Assessment and Feedback Lead. She has extensive experience of mentoring and tutoring students, from secondary to further and higher education. In addition, she now works as a Consultant to support busy teachers to develop their inclusive practice.
Through her work with students and teachers, Abby has developed many practical strategies to overcoming multiple barriers to learning which we all face. She has recently published two books on inclusive teaching and learning and worked with teachers across the globe, covering the educational journey from primary to post- graduate study.