Description
Exam board: AQA
Level: GCSE
Subject: History
First teaching: September 2016
First exams: Summer 2018
Trust the power of cognitive science to help students to understand more, remember more and feel more confident about their exams.
Dale Banham is not your average teacher. With amazing knowledge of the best teaching methods and over 30 years' classroom experience, he writes textbooks that are guaranteed to make learning more effective.
> Simplify each topic. The text is broken down into bullet points and boxes. Tasks are structured around the 'steps to success', teaching students how to Research & Record, Summarise, Reflect, Apply and Review their learning
> Make learning stick. Cognitive science techniques such as 'interleaving', 'retrieval practice' and 'spaced practice' support students with processing and remembering the course content
> Strengthen memory through 'dual coding'. The book contains lots of cartoon memory aids that visually summarise key knowledge. Research proves that we remember something better if it's presented through text and images
> Improve exam results. The exam skills required to answer each question type successfully are carefully explained. Practice questions, revision tips and guidance based on the examiners' reports are also included
> Cover the content in one term. A double page spread for each lesson and a clear pathway through each unit focuses students on what they really need to know, leaving one final term for revision
The five-term course plan is provided FREE online at hoddereducation.com/engaging, along with editable resources that support the tasks in the textbooks and guidance on using homework effectively.
About the Author
Dale Banham is Humanities Adviser in Suffolk having formerly been Head of Humanties at Holbrook School Ipswich. He has been a long term adviser and author for the Schools History Project and wrote the pioneering book King John in the This is History series which helped transform the teaching of essay writing skills in Key Stage 3 History. Ian Dawson is Publications Director of the Schools History Project and creator of the website thinkinghistory.co.uk which is pioneering work on active learning in History. He has been adviser to QCA on a wide range of issues in History teaching including the teaching of chronology.
Reviews
With its emphasis on narrative coherence and the reduction in content to the essentials, the Engaging with AQA GCSE History textbook for 'Health and the people' stands out from any other resources that we've seen or used.
The main challenges we've faced with the specification have been the volume of content and the ambiguity of the exam board expectations. The textbook has really helped in those respects. The introduction to the period and the 'review' at the end of each part of the specification content are particularly useful.
We're using the books with all students across our GCSE cohort because the combination of illustrations, charts, diagrams and coherent text makes them so straightforward and suitable for all abilities.
Dale's books really help students to see the wood from the trees! The layout allows students to see the big answers before the supporting details. I wish I had these books two years ago; they make the GCSE seem so much more accessible and manageable. They were worth the wait though; I can tell academic history books were used to write the precise and concise content from scratch. No cut and paste on these pages! -- Head of History, Priory School Lewes and Associate Fellow, University of Sussex
These are fantastic textbooks - they simplify the course while still covering everything effectively. I love the advice on exam questions - it clearly links in with what I would advise as an examiner and the advice is very pupil friendly. They are the best books I have seen on the new AQA GCSE. I have found them particularly useful for pupils who struggle to access some of the other books. -- History Teacher, Wilmslow High School, Cheshire
A crucial textbook for anyone teaching the AQA specification. Easily accessible and with excellent activities for pupils of all abilities. I would highly recommend all titles in the Engaging with AQA GCSE History series. -- Director of Studies: Humanities, Woldgate School, York
Book Information
ISBN 9781510458925
Author Dale Banham
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint Hodder Education
Publisher Hodder Education
Weight(grams) 280g
Dimensions(mm) 274mm * 210mm * 10mm
