Cambridge Lower Secondary Global Perspectives Stage 7 Learner's Skills Book

Cambridge Lower Secondary Global Perspectives Stage 7 Learner's Skills Book

Author/s: Keely Laycock

This series has been developed for the Cambridge Lower Secondary Global Perspectives Curriculum Framework (1129).

This learner's skills book for Stage 7 has been created to help students develop key 21st century skills.

Written by experienced teacher and author, Keely Laycock, students are encouraged to reflect on topics at a personal, national and global level, while developing skills for their future in a scaffolded and measurable way.

Produced with feedback from teachers and students all around the world, teachers will benefit from a flexible resource that they can tailor to their classroom needs.

Features:

• A large collection of collaborative and independent activities engages students and makes learning visible in the classroom.

• Peer assessment opportunities help improve collaboration and reflection.

• Self-assessment opportunities for every skill allows students to look back and see how they’ve progressed.

• Questions drive student thinking and surface understanding – such as ‘what do you think the term “research” means?’ and ‘write down what you found difficult last lesson and one way that you can overcome this difficulty’.

• Six sections develop key skills for evaluation, reflection, analysis, research, collaboration and communication.

• Clear learning goals at the start of every section highlight the assessment objectives.

• Tried and tested activities used in classrooms around the world are also included.

Contents:

• Introduction
• Section 1. Research: Starting with research skills 1
• Starting with research skills 2
• Starting with research skills 3
• Developing research skills 4
• Developing research skills 5
• Developing research skills 6
• Getting better at research skills 7
• Getting better at research skills 8
• Getting better at research skills 9
• Section 2. Analysis: Starting with analysis skills 1
• Starting with analysis skills 2
• Starting with analysis skills 3
• Developing analysis skills 4
• Developing analysis skills 5
• Developing analysis skills 6
• Getting better at analysis skills 7
• Getting better at analysis skills 8
• Getting better at analysis skills 9
• Section 3. Evaluation: Starting with evaluation skills 1
• Starting with evaluation skills 2
• Starting with evaluation skills 3
• Developing evaluation skills 4
• Developing evaluation skills 5
• Developing evaluation skills 6
• Getting better at evaluation skills 7
• Section 4. Reflection: Starting with reflection skills 1
• Starting with reflection skills 2
• Starting with reflection skills 3
• Developing reflection skills 4
• Developing reflection skills 5
• Developing reflection skills 6
• Getting better at reflection skills 7
• Getting better at reflection skills 8
• Getting better at reflection skills 9
• Chapter 5. Collaboration: Starting with collaboration skills 1
• Starting with collaboration skills 2
• Starting with collaboration skills 3
• Developing collaboration skills 4
• Developing collaboration skills 5
• Developing collaboration skills 6
• Getting better at collaboration skills 7
• Section 6. Communication: Starting with communication skills 1
• Starting with communication skills 2
• Starting with communication skills 3
• Developing communication skills 4
• Developing communication skills 5
• Developing communication skills 6
• Getting better at communication skills 7
• Glossary.