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This approach therefore empowers teachers to complement their delivery of content, knowledge, and skills with the nurturing of positive habits of mind that will better prepare students to flourish in later life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding upon the foundations carefully laid in \u003ci\u003eThe Learning Power Approach \u003c\/i\u003e(ISBN 9781785832451), the first book in the Learning Power series, Guy Claxton and Graham Powell's\u003ci\u003e Powering Up Students\u003c\/i\u003e embeds the ideas of this influential method in the context of the high school.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt offers a thorough explanation of how the LPA's design principles apply to this level of education and, by presenting a wide range of practical strategies and classroom examples, illustrates how they can be put into action with different age groups and in different curricular areas  especially relating to literacy and numeracy, but also in specific subjects such as science, history, geography, and design technology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAll teachers can foster the capacity of students to be, for example, curious, attentive, imaginative, rational, and reflective  and Guy and Graham provide clear guidance on how this can be achieved. Step by step, they explore all aspects of teaching: from how to make learning compelling and challenging, to how best to make use of the environment for learning; from how to coach students so that they become more independent and responsible directors of their own learning, to subtle shifts in teacher language and behaviour that change the climate for learning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRooted in the authors' knowledge of international research about how students can and should learn in schools, this practical guide is suitable for both newly qualified and experienced teachers of students aged 11 to 18. 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