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

Description

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.

Key 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.

Table of Contents

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