The Student Mindset

A 30-item toolkit for anyone learning anything

By: Steve Oakes , Martin Griffin


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Attribute nameAttribute value
Size210 x 148mm
Pages160
ISBN9781785833083
FormatPaperback
PublishedDecember 2018

In The Student Mindset: A 30-item toolkit for anyone learning anything, Steve Oakes and Martin Griffin provide clear, effective and engaging tools designed to help students plan, organise and execute successful learning.

Successful students find a way to succeed. They get the results they want. And they achieve this not by superior ability, but by sticking to habits, routines and strategies that deliver those results.

By cutting through the noise surrounding academic success and character development, bestselling authors Steve Oakes and Martin Griffin have identified the five key traits and behaviours that all students need in order to achieve their goals: vision, effort, systems, practice and attitude (VESPA).

These characteristics beat cognition hands down, and in The Student Mindset Steve and Martin provide a ready-made series of study strategies, approaches and tactics designed to nurture these qualities and transform your motivation, commitment and productivity.

The book’s thirty activities, while categorised thematically under the VESPA umbrella, have been organised around six key phases of learning so that you can recognise which phase you’re in before choosing from the range of tools and techniques to help you get through it. The six co-existing key phases are: preparation; starting study; collecting and shaping; adapting, testing and performing; flow and feedback; and dealing with the dip. At each phase you’ll experience challenges and discover new ways of working, and this book’s activities have been designed to help you gain control and become a better learner by sharing workload management tactics and revision strategies associated with calm, purposeful study and – ultimately – getting good results. These tools include a range of effective prioritisation, stress reduction, procrastination-busting and mindset development approaches – all neatly packaged into this outstanding practical guide to becoming a successful and confident student.

Suitable for all students.

Contents include:

Chapter 1. Preparation

Chapter 2. Starting Study

Chapter 3. Collecting and Shaping

Chapter 4. Adapting, Testing and Performing

Chapter 5. Flow and Feedback

Chapter 6. Dealing with the Dip

Shortlisted for the Non Obvious Book Award.


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Steve Oakes

Steve Oakes has over 20 years' of experience as a teacher and leader, and has been a Head of Sixth Form at two successful schools in the UK and the UAE. As a current Head of Sixth Form, he works closely with students to maximise levels of engagement and commitment, designing high-impact interventions and practical tools for improving academic performance.


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Martin Griffin

Martin Griffin has over 20 years’ experience teaching and coaching post-16 students. He was a Head of Sixth Form and Deputy Head at a successful comprehensive school for eight years, and has worked with hundreds of schools and colleges in the UK and beyond to design and implement study skills, character development and mindset programmes. 

@fletchermoss

www.martingriffinbooks.com


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