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Really Raising Standards explores the psychological theory underlying methods of intervention in cognitive development. The authors, Philip Adey and Michael Shayer, show how the practical expression of such methods can lead to long-term gains in academic achievement in ordinary school populations.
Within a discussion of various attempts to `teach thinking', the design, delivery and results of the Cognitive Acceleration through Science Education (CASE) project are described. Other programmes such as Feuerstein's Instrumental Enrichment are also described to abstract the features of successful intervention programmes. The key implications for teaching methods, for the nature of the curriculum, for teacher education, and for educational policy at school, local and national levels are also discussed.
Having established the distinction between intervention and instruction, the authors show how a population, and the learning demands made on it, can be described in terms of levels of cognitive development. The emphasis then turns to how the current profile of thinking in schools can be changed through constructivist and metacognitive strategies. The CASE project provides a practical example of how this can be done. Really Raising Standards also takes a new look at the problem of in-service teacher education for real change in schools.

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Table of contents : List of Maps 1. Introducing Europe in Revolution and War, Pamela Pilbeam; 2. The French Revolution Julian Swann 3. Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Revolution, Robert Alexander; 4. The Eastern Empires from the Ancien Rgime to the Challenge of the French Wars 1780-c1806 Brendan Simms; 5. the Eastern Empires from the Challenge of Napoleon to the Restoration c1806-1830, Brendan Simms 6. The `Restoration' of Western Europe 1814-15 Pamela Pilbeam; 7. Revolutionary Movements in Western Europe 1814-1830 Pamela Pilbeam; 8. The Challenge of Industrialization Colin Heywood 9. The Growth of Population, Colin Heywood; 10. European Society in Revolution , Pamela Pilbeam 11. Reason and Romanticism: Currents of Social and Political Thought , Michael Biddiss; Conclusion: Liberty and Order?, Pamela Pilbeam; Chronology of Main Events Contributors

Contributor Information :Pamela Pilbeam, Julian Swann, Robert Alexander, Brendan Simms, Colin Heywood, Michael Biddiss

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`This is an important and successful attemp to bridge three periods that are all-too-rarely connected: ancient regime, Revolutionary and Napolenic, and post Napolenic Europe.' |I Jrnl of European Studies

`The book is a valuable and important textbook for students of nineteenth century History. The information is presented in a clear and detailed fashion.' |I History Teaching Review