Bill Lucas is a Professor of Learning and Director of the Centre for Real-World Learning. He is internationally recognized as a speaker and writer on the subjects of learning, change, creativity, and leadership. His work focuses on developing critical and creative thinking, particularly within educational contexts. He is a co-creator of the Expansive Education Network, one of the world's largest teacher-researcher groups.
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.
Bill Lucas and Ellen Spencer's Developing Tenacity: Teaching learners how to persevere in the face of difficulty is a powerful call to action and a practical handbook for all teachers who want to stimulate and strengthen their pupils' learning tenacity.
Teaching Creative Thinking: Developing Learners Who Generate Ideas and Can Think Critically defines and demystifies the essence of creative thinking, and offers action-oriented and research-informed suggestions as to how it can best be developed in learners.
A History of the English Language in 100 Places is a joyous ride through time, where readers can criss-cross the British Isles and the world at large to land in a hundred contrasting places and light on a hundred wonderful topics that bring the extraordinary story of the English language alive.
This book offers a powerful manifesto for schools to articulate a different vision of education that looks beyond exam success.
New Kinds of Smart presents the most important of these changes to practising teachers and educators, and invites them to think about their implications for school.
We have reached a turning point in our development as a species. In the coming decades we face significant global challenges in terms of climate change, biodiversity, food and water resources and violent extremism. At the local level, these seem like crazy times, with the speed of change accelerating faster than ever.