Rebuilding Our Schools from the Bottom Up: Listening to Teachers, Children and Parents

ISBN-13: 9781138211889 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 194 str.

UK) Fiona (Education Consultant Carnie

Opis

This inspiring book explores how schools can take greater control of their futures and transform their culture by strengthening voice, participation and the understanding of what it means to be part of a learning community. A wealth of imaginative, practical and sustainable initiatives are included, where teachers are able to openly share and discuss the challenges they face, parents are actively involved and supported, and young people are allowed, and encouraged, to contribute to decisions about their learning. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in how to build robust, dynamic and responsive learningcommunities through positive, bottom-up change.

Recenzje

"Full of practical examples from here and abroad, and a range of resources that can be used by senior leaders, teachers and parents, the book aims to encourage and support transformative change so that schools can meet the needs of the communities they exist to serve. As teacher, parent and educationalist, the author is well positioned to write in a way that appeals to all these groups, bringing us a book that is highly readable for everyone."— Parents in Touch "This bookoffers a plethora of detailed examples of ways and means through which the voices of those customarily marginalised within the education system can be boosted. In the examples of democratic praxis you can hear a story of education as if people mattered. It will be of interest to school leaders looking to widen participation and for those aspiring to lead who would further a vision of participatory democracy for schools rather than the authoritarian model so often lauded by government" - Forum Journal

O autorze

Fiona Carnie is an educationalist, parent and writer. She has been involved in encouraging and supporting new initiatives in the alternative and state sectors for many years and has written widely about the need for new educational approaches.