Book description
Childcare? Exams? Coaching? Make the right decisions with this
commonsense guide packed with balanced, positive and practical advice on
20 of the biggest issues facing parents and their children. Are you
agonising over whether to put your child in childcare? Do you wonder
whether your child will be ready for school? What's the best way to help
your child survive the pressures of big exams? Should students have a
gap year before making any decisions about their future? Andrew Martin's
new book answers all these questions - and more. Based on fifteen years
of studies and evidence, Martin weighs up the pros and cons and gives
you balanced, positive and practical advice on 20 of the biggest issues
facing parents and their children. With commonsense and a sense of
humour, HOW TO HELP YOUR CHILD FLY THROUGH LIFE will help you make the
most important decisions for your children including: * Childcare and
pre-school * Preparing your child for school * Selective, single sex and
co-ed schooling * Coaching, tutoring and homework * Helping children
deal with challenge and pressure * Choosing school subjects *
Extra-curricular activities, including part-time work and sport *
Preparing your child for big exams and assessments * Choosing a career *
Having a gap year. If you want the best for your children from cradle to
graduation, arm yourself with everything you need to know to help your
children be the best - and happiest - they can be. Dr Andrew Martin is
a psychologist and researcher specialising in educational psychology. In
2003, he was listed in The Bulletin's SMART 100 Australians and ranked
in the Top 10 in the field of Education. In 2002, the American
Psychological Association judged his PhD the world's Most Outstanding
Doctorate in Educational Psychology and prior to that the Australian
Association for Research in Education judged his PhD the Most
Outstanding Education Doctoral Dissertation in Australia. Dr Martin is
regularly invited to conduct keynote conference papers, student
workshops, teacher professional development, parent nights, and
presentations to education departments aimed at enhancing student
motivation, engagement, and achievement. His work is also featured on
television and radio and in major newspapers and magazines. Dr Martin
has conducted extensive research into student motivation, engagement,
and achievement as well as work into boys' education, gifted and
talented, disengagement, educational resilience, effective teaching,
parenting, teacher-student relationships, and Aboriginal education. He
has published this research in many of the world's top academic journals
and at international conferences. His first book, Â How to Motivate Your
Child For School and Beyond (Bantam, 2003) has been enthusiastically
received by schools and parents across Australia. Dr Martin is Research
Fellow at the Self-concept Enhancement and Learning Facilitation (SELF)
Research Centre at the University of Western Sydney, and is Director of
an educational consultancy (www. ajmartinresearch. com). He lives in
Sydney with his wife and children.
