Oops!: Helping Children Learn Accidentally

by Hywel Roberts

Hywel Roberts is a creative educator with 16 years' experience in the classroom teaching secondary drama and English in schools, both rough and smooth. Hywel is now a freelance consultant and Independent Thinking Associate specialising in Drama for Learning, Mantle of the Expert, Lures into Learning and engagement across all phases of learning.

Genres: Teaching, Education, Nonfiction

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First published April 26, 2012

Reviews

[Millie Jones]

If you read this book as a teacher and do not feel inspired, you may be in the wrong profession. This was everything I needed it to be and more. Cannot wait to ‘be brave’ and create some magic in a real life classroom (🤞) soon! Diolch, Hywel! Passion and excitement well and truly reignited.

[Mark Barrett]

Packed full of great ideas and anecdotes, which empower the teachers who know what they are doing to embrace their maverickness and teach kids in the ways that interest them and make them learn. It doesn't so much tell you how to teach better, but reminds you how. Written by a teacher for teachers, in a great style that assumes you already know what you are doing and treats its readers with respect.

Having seen Hywel speak, I must encourage you (insist that you) do everything you can to see him yourself. He is inspirational and, with his explanations and demonstrations, turns this into a five star book.

[Lauren]

Hywel did a session with us on our teacher training about creating awe and wonder in the classroom!
The session was amazing, it summed up everything I wanted teaching to be, fun, engaging, relevant...

A few months into teaching and I had started to forget all of this. The need for lesson plans, and the drive towards assessment dates had me in a panic.

Over Christmas I got all my work finished, folders complete and handed in, and decided to give this book a try.

It's a reminder of everything fun that should be obvious! Inspired me to try to be more B.R.A.V.E in my future lessons.

Give it a read it's worth it!

[Sarah]

Fab bits of inspiration after the school break.

[Ross McGill]

Full of content; practicality and pedagogy.

[Lisibo]

Taken me so long as I wanted to take it in rather than 'gorging' on it and not being able to digest it.

[Sarah]

This book has had a dramatic impact on my teaching, not because it's changed what I do, but because it has validated what I choose to do - put my children's enjoyment of learning as a priority.

[Jonathan]

fab book. Chock full of great ideas.