Making Learning Happen: A Guide for Post-Compulsory Education

This Second Edition of Making Learning Happen provides an accessible and practical discussion of teaching and learning for the post-compulsory sector of higher and further education. Central to the book is the author's well-known `ripples on a pond' model of learning, which identifies fundamental factors underpinning successful learning:

• wanting to learn
• taking ownership of the need to learn
• learning by doing
• learning through feedback
• making sense of what is being learned
• deepening learning through explaining, coaching, teaching
• further deepening learning through assessing - making informed judgements

The book encourages teachers and students to address these factors head-on in a wide range of contexts, including large-group teaching, the design of assessment, small-group work, reflection, and in making good use of formative feedback.

As well as a thorough update based on feedback to the previous version, this edition includes three new chapters.