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Product reviews for The Little Book of Inspirational Teaching Activities
Michaela Gill, Senior Lecturer, Postgraduate Diploma in Careers Guidance, Manchester Metropolitan University
This is a suburb little book, packed full of interesting & engaging activities for teachers or anyone working in groups with young people. It comprises of four main sections orthemes: Believe in Yourself, Know Your Strengths, Have a Plan and Go for it! The activities can either be translated into an entire programme for confidence building, self- esteem and motivation, or they can be delivered on astand alone basis.
Each activity is preceded by a short introductory paragraph, which sets the activity in context and provides useful background information. The instructions for the activities are easy to follow and outline key learning points and associated resources. (Although many of the activities dont actually require any pre-prepared resources)
All the activities are designed to get pupils thinking creatively" allowing them to tap into their inner resources but have fun at the same time.
David also provides a thought-provoking introduction, which he callsRules of Inspiration. This reminds us of the fundamental principles of effective teaching & learning and challenges us to make our sessions engaging, interesting and above all, enjoyable.
The final chapter provides a short but coherent overview of some of the main NLP pre-suppositions and how they can be applied in practice. There is also a very interesting and useful Bibliography provided.
As with Davids previous book,The Buzz the author sets out a simple, easy to understand and practical application of NLP and shows how it can be used to maximise potential and motivate young people to achieve their goals.
In my role as Senior Lecturer on the Postgraduate Diploma in Careers Guidance at Manchester Metropolitan University, I train future Career Guidance professionals. This year, we included many of Davids suggested exercises from the Little Book of Inspirational Teaching activities in the Group Work Training Module, so that new practitioners could invigorate their school work with more lively, student centred sessions. The activities have proven to be a great success" helping practitioners to engage effectively with young people in groups and getting the pupils tothink outside the box and participate fully in the learning experience.
This is a great way of making NLP techniques and solution focused approaches accessible to practitioners / teachers and young people alike.
Each activity is preceded by a short introductory paragraph, which sets the activity in context and provides useful background information. The instructions for the activities are easy to follow and outline key learning points and associated resources. (Although many of the activities dont actually require any pre-prepared resources)
All the activities are designed to get pupils thinking creatively" allowing them to tap into their inner resources but have fun at the same time.
David also provides a thought-provoking introduction, which he callsRules of Inspiration. This reminds us of the fundamental principles of effective teaching & learning and challenges us to make our sessions engaging, interesting and above all, enjoyable.
The final chapter provides a short but coherent overview of some of the main NLP pre-suppositions and how they can be applied in practice. There is also a very interesting and useful Bibliography provided.
As with Davids previous book,The Buzz the author sets out a simple, easy to understand and practical application of NLP and shows how it can be used to maximise potential and motivate young people to achieve their goals.
In my role as Senior Lecturer on the Postgraduate Diploma in Careers Guidance at Manchester Metropolitan University, I train future Career Guidance professionals. This year, we included many of Davids suggested exercises from the Little Book of Inspirational Teaching activities in the Group Work Training Module, so that new practitioners could invigorate their school work with more lively, student centred sessions. The activities have proven to be a great success" helping practitioners to engage effectively with young people in groups and getting the pupils tothink outside the box and participate fully in the learning experience.
This is a great way of making NLP techniques and solution focused approaches accessible to practitioners / teachers and young people alike.
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08/07/2010 01:00
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