Bill Lucas è Professore di Apprendimento e Direttore del Centre for Real-World Learning (CRL). È riconosciuto a livello internazionale come relatore e autore sui temi dell'apprendimento, del cambiamento, della creatività e della leadership. Il suo lavoro si concentra sullo sviluppo del pensiero critico e creativo, in particolare in contesti educativi. È co-creatore della Expansive Education Network, uno dei più grandi gruppi di ricercatori-insegnanti al mondo.
In Zest for Learning: Developing curious learners who relish real-world challenges, Bill Lucas and Ellen Spencer explore the ways in which teachers can help their pupils to find their passions, develop independence and challenge themselves to become more expansive learners.
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The aim of this text is to equip students with the skills needed to read and respond to non-literary modes of writing in line with the various GCSE and Standard Grade English syllabus requirements. Each unit provides a variety of assignments enabling students to understand various styles, plus suggestions for oral work and examples of writing. There are special sections at the end of each unit which contain longer, more detailed coursework assignments. Each unit also includes a list of key words and key techniques. Units cover the following writing autobiography, interests and beliefs, arguing a case, newspapers and magazines, publicity, the natural world, travel, letters, diaries and factual narratives.