{"product_id":"9780335212590","title":"Learning without Limits","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy do some teachers insist on teaching without recourse to judgements about ability?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat are the key principles on which they draw as they organize and provide for learning?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat is the significance of their alternative approach for classrooms in the 21st century?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores ways of teaching that are free from determinist beliefs about ability. In a detailed critique of the practices of ability labelling and ability-focussed teaching, \u003ci\u003eLearning without Limits \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the damage these practices can do to young people, teachers and the curriculum. Drawing on a research project at the University of Cambridge, the book features nine vivid case studies (from Year 1 to Year 11) that describe how teachers have developed alternative practices despite considerable pressure on them and on their schools and classrooms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors analyze these case studies and identify the key concept of transformability as a distinguishing feature of these teachers' approach. They construct a model of pedagogy based on transformability: the mind-set that children's futures as learners are not pre-determined, and that teachers can help to strengthen and ultimately transform young people's capacity to learn through the choices they make. The book shows how transformability-based teaching can play a central role in constructing an alternative improvement agenda.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will inspire teachers, student teachers, lecturers and policy makers, as well as everyone who has a stake in how contemporary education and practice affect children's future lives and life chances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McGraw-Hill Companies, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50086800523504,"sku":"9780335212590","price":45.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780335212590","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}