Bill Lucas

We have reached a turning point in our development as a species. In the coming decades we face significant global challenges in terms of climate change, biodiversity, food and water resources and violent extremism. At the local level, these seem like crazy times, with the speed of change accelerating faster than ever. In rEvolution, best-selling author Bill Lucas suggests some of the ways we can all succeed in todays complex world. 150 years after Charles Darwin invented the concept of natural selection, Bill argues that the rules of evolution are changing. To thrive in our current crazy world we need a new kind of "mind-ware". Specifically we need to develop our adaptive intelligence. Drawing on new and emerging sciences and using approaches previously applied in other domains, this book describes some of the practical steps you can take at home, at school, in the workplace and in the wider community to ensure that you can constantly adapt to new circumstances. Bills analysis, optimism and suggestions for practical learning make this an essential addition to the book shelf of all thoughtful questioning members of the species!

¿Qué aspecto tendrían las escuelas si enseñaran a los niños lo que realmente necesitan saber? Todos sabemos que las escuelas deben ser repensadas, pero son pocos quienes lo plantean desde la perspectiva de los niños, las familias y los profesores. La mayoria ofrecen criticas simplistas, creando falsos opuestos entre los puntos de vista tradicionalistas y progresistas. En este libro, los autores sugieren algo diferente y mas optimista: nos invitan a repensar las escuelas con un enfoque nuevo. Este libro constituye un poderoso llamamiento a la accion para quienes se preocupan porque nuestro sistema escolar no esta preparando a los niños y niñas para las incertidumbres y retos del mundo real. Muestra como podemos cultivar lo que los autores denominan ?las siete C?: confianza, curiosidad, colaboracion, comunicacion, creatividad, compromiso y capacidad tecnica en los estudiantes, al mismo tiempo que les ayudamos a lograr el exito en la escuela y, lo que es mas importante, en sus vidas. Un libro para la reflexion, provocador y optimista, de lectura obligada para todos los agentes de la educacion. Los autores muestran como podemos llegar a tener jovenes felices y positivos, equipados con competencias clave, actitudes y ?habitos de la mente?; personas en quienes se puede confiar, y sujetos dueños de su propio futuro.

With forewords by Professor Tanya Byron and Octavius Black, Educating Ruby: What Our Children Really Need To Learn is a powerful call to action by acclaimed thought-leaders Guy Claxton and Bill Lucas. It is for everyone who cares about education in an uncertain world and explains how teachers, parents and grandparents can cultivate confidence, curiosity, collaboration, communication, creativity, commitment and craftsmanship in children, at the same time as helping them to do well in public examinations. Educating Ruby shows, unequivocally, that schools can get the right results in the right way, so that the Rubys of tomorrow will emerge from their time at school able to talk with honest pleasure and reflective optimism about their schooling. Featuring the views of schoolchildren, parents, educators and employers and drawing on Guy Claxton and Bill Lucas years of experience in education, including their work with Building Learning Power and the Expansive Education Network, this powerful new book is sure to provoke thinking and debate. Just as Willy Russells Educating Rita helped us rethink university, the authors of Educating Ruby invite fresh scrutiny of our schools.

¿Qué aspecto tendrían las escuelas si enseñaran a los niños lo que realmente necesitan saber? Todos sabemos que las escuelas deben ser repensadas, pero son pocos quienes lo plantean desde la perspectiva de los niños, las familias y los profesores. La mayo

¿Te ha sucedido alguna vez que tu familia te exaspera?¿Te gustaría que los miembros de tu familia se llevaran mejor, que fueran más felices? Las familias son cada vez más complejas, y para muchos padres la experiencia de compaginar las obligaciones laborales y el cuidado de la familia resulta estresante. En este estimulante y práctico libro, Bill Lucas recurre a numerosos trabajos de investigación para introducir una serie de enfoques y ejercicios prácticos que pueden transformar nuestra vida y ayudar a que nuestra familia prospere en su entorno feliz. En definitiva, un libro que nos recuerda que ser padres, aunque a veces puede resultar agotador, es uno de los retos más gratificantes a los que nos podemos enfrentar.

52 Técnicas para desarrollar tu inteligencia. Incluye sesiones integrales de entrenamiento mental diseñadas especialmente por el Dr. Hill Lucas, autor de éxito. Muestra cómo mejorar tu capacidad de aprendizaje y como tener buenas ideas cuando las necesitas. Reune todo lo que necesitas saber acerca de la concentracion, la comunicacion, la capacidad para resolver problemas, la memoria y los procesos mentales en general.

Fruto de una investigación en una amplia variedad de disciplinas, desde la neurociencia hasta la psicología, desde la teoría de la motivación hasta el aprendizaje acelerado, desde la memoria hasta la dieta, este libro demuestra que todo el mundo tiene capacidad para triunfar y que la mayoria de la gente solo utiliza una pequeña parte de su talento.

¿Qué aspecto tendrían las escuelas si enseñaran a los niños lo que realmente necesitan saber? Todos sabemos que las escuelas deben ser repensadas, pero son pocos quienes lo plantean desde la perspectiva de los niños, las familias y los profesores. La mayoria ofrecen criticas simplistas, creando falsos opuestos entre los puntos de vista tradicionalistas y progresistas. En este libro, los autores sugieren algo diferente y mas optimista: nos invitan a repensar las escuelas con un enfoque nuevo. Este libro constituye un poderoso llamamiento a la accion para quienes se preocupan porque nuestro sistema escolar no esta preparando a los niños y niñas para las incertidumbres y retos del mundo real. Muestra como podemos cultivar lo que los autores denominan ?las siete C?: confianza, curiosidad, colaboracion, comunicacion, creatividad, compromiso y capacidad tecnica en los estudiantes, al mismo tiempo que les ayudamos a lograr el exito en la escuela y, lo que es mas importante, en sus vidas. Un libro para la reflexion, provocador y optimista, de lectura obligada para todos los agentes de la educacion. Los autores muestran como podemos llegar a tener jovenes felices y positivos, equipados con competencias clave, actitudes y ?habitos de la mente?; personas en quienes se puede confiar, y sujetos dueños de su propio futuro.

La ciencia del siglo XXI, en especial la neurociencia, afirma que la inteligencia se expande y que lo hace de muy distintas maneras; frente a las escuelas del siglo XX que daban por sentado que la inteligencia era, en gran medida, un atributo fijo. "Nuevas inteligencias, nuevos aprendizajes" sostiene que este cambio en nuestra forma de entender la mente de niños y jovenes, conlleva un sinfin de posibilidades para la educacion, que aun estan por explorar. Esta nueva forma de entender la inteligencia implica nuevas formas de enseñar que faciliten nuevas formas de aprender, de tal manera que el alumno pueda sacar mayor partido a sus capacidades. Para ello, cada capitulo presenta ejemplos practicos, herramientas y estrategias acerca de los distintos modos en que cada nueva inteligencia puede ser incorporada al trabajo del profesor y al aprendizaje de sus estudiantes. "Nuevas inteligencias, nuevos aprendizajes", un libro que reune por primera vez las corrientes principales de la investigacion en torno a la inteligencia, explicandolas de un modo sencillo y practico. Presenta un contenido accesible dirigido a un publico amplio formado por todo tipo de educadores: maestros, profesores, padres, y toda aquella persona interesada en saber mas sobre su propia inteligencia.

The UKs All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Mobility recently proposed the adoption by schools of specific interventions in the areas of resilience and character; meanwhile, across the Atlantic, an end-of-high-school score for grit is also being considered in the USA. In line with this growing consensus, an increasing body of evidence suggests that cultivating these competencies is key to success both in school and in later life. In Developing Tenacity, the second instalment in the Pedagogy for a Changing World series, Lucas and Spencer show educators how.Delving beyond grit and growth mindset, and encompassing more than the formal curriculum, Developing Tenacity draws on the co-authors research at the University of Winchesters Centre for Real-World Learning to offer a powerful synthesis of what it takes for learners to persevere when confronted with challenges. The resulting analysis depicts the true value of tenacity inside and outside the educational setting and provides teachers with action-oriented strategies as to how the four key habits of tenacity confidence, control, commitment and connectivity can be developed in learners.The wealth of teaching and learning methods presented is accompanied by practical suggestions on how to embed tenacity more systematically into the curriculum, providing plenty of stimuli for lesson planning and for the drip-feeding of everyday activities which boost learners agency and self-efficacy. The authors also investigate the effectiveness of various pedagogical approaches including developmental self-evaluation, deliberate practice and service learning and share inventive assessment methods which teachers can employ to track learners progress along the way. Lucas and Spencer then go further by showcasing case studies that illustrate the successful adoption of a capabilities approach by various educational institutions, and offer expert advice on how teachers can overcome any potential obstacles as they journey towards cultivating a tenacious learning culture in their classrooms.Suitable for all teachers and school leaders in both primary and secondary settings who want to instil a strong sense of tenacity in their pupils approach to learning.Click here to watch Prof Bill Lucas and Prof Guy Claxtons video Putting the heart and the hand back into schools.Developing Tenacity has been named a finalist in the 2018 INDIES Book of the Year Awards in the education category.

In Zest for Learning: Developing curious learners who relish real-world challenges, Bill Lucas and Ellen Spencer explore the ways in which teachers can help their pupils to find their passions, develop independence and challenge themselves to become more expansive learners.Young people need more than subject knowledge in order to thrive they need capabilities. The Pedagogy for a Changing World series details which capabilities matter and how schools can develop them.A key capability is zest: the curiosity and desire to experience new things. Zest for Learning offers a powerful new synthesis of thinking about what it takes for young people to flourish both in education and in the wider world, especially at a time when preparing them for life beyond school often calls for brave leadership.This could be encouraged through, for example, greater engagement with sports and the arts, by collaborating with external bodies such as the Scouts and Guides or the Duke of Edinburghs Award scheme or by working with libraries, museums, faith groups and environmental associations.In this book Bill and Ellen offer a framework for zest: a practical guide for teachers, underpinned by theory. They draw on a number of areas of knowledge and practice that each have something to contribute to the concept of zest for learning, bringing together ideas in concrete and actionable ways.Zest for Learning connects the co-curriculum with the formal curriculum, building both theoretical and practical confidence in the kinds of pedagogies which work well. Bill and Ellen have infused the book with a wide range of ideas for getting pupils to love learning so much that they will be able to learn whatever they want to throughout their lives.The authors also go further by presenting case studies that illustrate the successful integration of the co-curriculum with the formal curriculum at various educational institutions, and by providing an A to Z of practical ideas and activities for developing zest in young learners.Suitable for all teachers and leaders, in both primary and secondary settings.

In Teaching Creative Thinking: Developing Learners Who Generate Ideas and Can Think Critically,Bill Lucas and Ellen Spencer define and demystify the essence of creative thinking, and offer action-oriented and research-informed suggestions as to how it can best be developed in learners. Where once it was enough to know and do things, young people now need more than subject knowledge in order to thrive: they need capabilities. Teaching Creative Thinking is the first title in the three-part Pedagogy for a Changing World series, founded upon Lucas and Spencers philosophy of dispositional teaching a pedagogical approach which aims to cultivate in learners certain dispositions that evidence suggests are going to be valuable to them both at school and in later life. A key capability is creative thinking, and, in 2021, one of the guardians of global comparative standards, PISA, is recognising its importance by making creative thinking the innovative assessment domain to supplement their testing of 15-year-olds core capabilities in English, maths and science. Creative thinkers are inquisitive, collaborative, imaginative, persistent and disciplined and schools which foster these habits of mind in learners need to be creative in engaging children and young people by embedding creativity into their everyday educational experiences. In this extensive enquiry into the nature and nurture of creative thinking,the authors explore the effectiveness of various pedagogical approaches including problem-based learning, growth mindset, playful experimentation and the classroom as a learning community and provide a wealth of tried-and-tested classroom strategies that will boost learners critical and creative thinking skills. The book is structured in an easy-to-access format, combining a comprehensive listing of practical ideas to stimulate lesson planning with expert guidance on integrating them into your practice, followed by plenty of inventive suggestions as to how learners progress can be assessed and tracked along the way by both the pupil and the teacher. The authors then go further to offer exemplars of success by presenting case studies of schools innovations in adopting these approaches, and dedicate a chapter to dispelling any pressing doubts that teachers may have by exposing the potential pitfalls and offering advice on how to avoid them. Venturing beyond the classroom setting, Teaching Creative Thinkingalso delves into the ways in which a school can work towards the provision of co-curricular experiences such as partnering with a range of external community groups and better engage its leadership team and pupils parents with the idea of creative thinking in order to support learners with opportunities to grow. The authors offer many examples which will inspire schools to do just this, and collate these ideas into building a framework for learning that equips young people in schools today with the twenty-first century skills and capabilities that will enable them to thrive in the workforce of tomorrow. Replete with research-led insight and ready-to-use strategies, Teaching Creative Thinkingis a powerful call to action and a practical handbook for all teachers and leaders, in both primary and secondary settings, who want to embed a capabilities approach in their schools.