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Nurture groups in school : principles and practice created by Marjorie Boxall ; revised and updated by Sylvia Lucas

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Los Angeles Sage 2010Edition: 2ndDescription: 241 pages 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781849204187 (hbk.)
  • 1849204187 (hbk.)
  • 9781849204194 (pbk.)
  • 1849204195 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LC4096.G7
Contents:
School expectations -- Children's difficulties : their nature and origin -- The basis of nurture work : the teacher's primary task -- Earliest learning : a summary chart -- Growth, not pathology : the central tenet -- The classic nurture group and some variants -- The context -- Pedagogy -- Developmental psychology -- Developments in neuroscience -- Intuition -- The nurture group network -- The Boxall Profile -- Attachment and support -- Structuring the way ahead -- Experiencing achievement -- Structure and organization -- Learning behaviour : general guidelines -- Temper tantrums -- Fights -- Earliest needs and interests : the nurture curriculum -- Play -- Food -- An inclusive curriculum -- The National Curriculum -- Growth towards personal and social autonomy -- Gaining informed support -- The nurture group's professional profile -- Responsibilities and relationships -- Relationships beyond the school -- Positive attitudes and ethos : a rewarding experience -- The appropriate model -- Preparing an action plan -- The nurture group room -- Organizing and equipping the room -- Selection : general considerations -- Referral, assessment, admission and monitoring procedures -- Return to the mainstream class -- Evaluation.
Summary: 'Nurture Groups in School' gives an inside view of nurture groups in action, and shows how children's skills and concepts develop, and how their self-esteem grows, as well as their disposition to care about others.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Batanai Library Open Shelf LC4096.G7 BOX (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 149829 Available BK136947

Previous edition: Nurture groups in school : principles and practice. London : Paul Chapman, 2002

Includes bibliographical references and index

School expectations -- Children's difficulties : their nature and origin -- The basis of nurture work : the teacher's primary task -- Earliest learning : a summary chart -- Growth, not pathology : the central tenet -- The classic nurture group and some variants -- The context -- Pedagogy -- Developmental psychology -- Developments in neuroscience -- Intuition -- The nurture group network -- The Boxall Profile -- Attachment and support -- Structuring the way ahead -- Experiencing achievement -- Structure and organization -- Learning behaviour : general guidelines -- Temper tantrums -- Fights -- Earliest needs and interests : the nurture curriculum -- Play -- Food -- An inclusive curriculum -- The National Curriculum -- Growth towards personal and social autonomy -- Gaining informed support -- The nurture group's professional profile -- Responsibilities and relationships -- Relationships beyond the school -- Positive attitudes and ethos : a rewarding experience -- The appropriate model -- Preparing an action plan -- The nurture group room -- Organizing and equipping the room -- Selection : general considerations -- Referral, assessment, admission and monitoring procedures -- Return to the mainstream class -- Evaluation.

'Nurture Groups in School' gives an inside view of nurture groups in action, and shows how children's skills and concepts develop, and how their self-esteem grows, as well as their disposition to care about others.

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