{"product_id":"9781781350096","title":"Oops!: Helping Children Learn Acidentally","description":"\u003cp\u003eA book of happy accidents and improvisations that would be a lovely addition to any teacher’s bookshelf\u003cbr\u003eIan McMillan, Poet, broadcaster and comedian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe voice of a true pioneer, clear and sure in the belief that teaching is an amalgam of so many things beyond ‘subject knowledge’. The book races along at an almost breathless speed-just like the writer.\u003cbr\u003eLuke Abbott, Director of Mantle of the Expert\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOops! is about principles. It’s about a mentality that encourages us to drop the reins of rigid, boring schemes of work and instead create learning that is exciting and relevant!\u003cbr\u003eJamie Portman, Assistant Headteacher, Campsmount Technology College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHywel Roberts’ message is that engagement is the message and in delivering it he’s sharp, he’s intellectually underpinned, he’s effervescent, he’s the teacher you wished your teachers had seen teach.\u003cbr\u003ePhil Beadle, teacher, broadcaster, author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you want the children in your school to make great progress and remember you as a teacher who made learning fun, dip into this book for inspiration and ideas.\u003cbr\u003eDiane Heritage, Deputy Lead Associate, North of England National College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book had Hywel Roberts’ inspirational stamp of wit and infectious enthusiasm running right through its core: I read the whole book with a huge grin on my face.\u003cbr\u003eRuth Saxton – Primary School Teacher and Chair for NATD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you are a student teacher, NQT or school leader, this is a genuine guide to pushing your own practice.\u003cbr\u003eDave Whitaker, Executive Deputy Headteacher, Springwell Community School\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHywel makes the art of questioning, waiting and trusting learners to rise to the situation safer and less scary for teachers. Go on – try one or two of his ideas … they really work.\u003cbr\u003eKaren Ardley, Karen Ardley Associates\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s no accident that Hywel Roberts – himself a world leader in enthusiasm – has written a must read book for teachers. Oops! brings together insight, pizzazz, wit and quirkiness into one happy place, it’s a joy of a book written by a great teacher.\u003cbr\u003eAlistair Smith, learning consultant and author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOops! must be essential reading for student teachers. It is a dossier for practical teaching and describes the pedagogy of ‘the buzzing’. … I am buying a copy for each of the team at school.\u003cbr\u003eRichard Kieran, Headteacher, Woodrow First School\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOops! makes you smile, wince, laugh, and ponder ... and, most of all, think; think how enjoyable teaching can be if we invest in ourselves as teachers.\u003cbr\u003eMick Waters, Professor of Education at Wolverhampton University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHywel Roberts is a creative educator with sixteen years experience in the classroom teaching secondary Drama and English in schools, both rough and smooth. Hywel is now a freelance consultant and Independent Thinking Associate specialising in Drama for Learning, Mantle of the Expert, Lures into Learning and engagement across all phases of learning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s fair to say that we sometimes get books that we think we ought to read, trust me this is a book that you will want to read! I read it in two sittings as I couldn’t put it down - cliché? – well I challenge you to start reading it and see for yourself.\u003cbr\u003eJane Hewitt, AST Dearne ALC, Barnsley and affiliate of Creative Teaching \u0026amp; Learning magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crown House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47038912954608,"sku":"9781781350096","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781781350096_p0.jpg?v=1772805889","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781781350096","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}