Able Underachievers; Author: Montgomery, Diane; Paperback

Author: Montgomery, Diane
Paperback; Illustrations
245 pages
Published: September 2000
Whurr Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 1861561938

There is evidence that large numbers of able children are under functioning. This book advocates that the curriculum needs to be taught differently to include all learners and to 'engage their brains'. It concludes that teaching and learning methods need to become learning oriented and learner centered rather than subject oriented and teacher centered.Addresses the concerns of educationalists that, since the introduction of mass schooling, large numbers of able children have underfunctioned. A discussion of how to deal with able underachievers in education. It concludes that teaching and learning methods need to be modified to become learning-oriented and learner-centred rather than subject-oriented and teacher-centred.