Display for Learning

Kirstie Andrew-Power · Charlotte Gormley

Mar 2009 · Bloomsbury Publishing

About this ebook

The current educational agenda identifies learner wellbeing as the key determinant in achievement and outcome. How the learning environment is designed can have a huge impact on wellbeing. Successful and meaningful display reflects the ethos of a school, and an exciting, learning-focused environment makes for excited learners. An environment that mirrors respect and care makes learners feel cared for and respected by the place in which they learn. This positively impacts on how well students learn, how happy they are as they learn and the respect and care with which they treat their school; the same applies to staff. This book addresses a gap in the market for secondary school leaders and teachers (with transferable lessons for primary and 16 - 19 colleges) and provides a toolkit to develop display for learning with strategies and solutions, within the context of the school improvement and transformation agenda. The book aims to inspire colleagues in schools to develop this in their classrooms and on a whole school level - with the motivation and justification for doing so.

About the author

Kirstie Andrew-Power is Head of Achievement at the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust and formerly a school leader in two secondary schools. Kirstie leads the 'Every Child Achieves' network of over 700 schools focusing on enabling schools to maximize outcomes for every learner.

Charlotte Gormley is Deputy Head teacher at The Compton School and leads developments with teaching and learning including a focus on environments for learning. She is also responsible for raising standards in the core subjects and maximizing new technologies to impact on learning.