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“The Monkey-Proof Box: Curriculum Design for Building Knowledge, Developing Creative Thinking and Promoting Independence” by award-winning teacher, education consultant and author Jonathan Lear is a manifesto and instructional guide on how to dismantle the curriculum we're told to deliver and construct in its place the curriculum we need to deliver. Jonathan sets out how primary school teachers can deliver a curriculum rich in authentic learning experiences that help children learn from one another and grow into empowered, knowledgeable and creative thinkers who are driven by insatiable curiosity. In doing so, he inspires educators to unclutter their classrooms of the latest shiny initiatives and to foster a more refined pedagogical approach incorporating elements of facilitated and concept-based learning that simply improves pupils learning. Suitable for teachers, middle leaders and head teachers in primary school settings, “The Monkey-Proof Box” will prove to be an enduringly valued and useful addition to school district, college, and university library Teacher Education instructional reference collections and supplemental studies lists.

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