The Changing Urban School

ISBN-13: 9780415675697 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 264 str.

Robert Thornbury

Opis

The author takes a long look at what goes on in schools, and the roles played by people specifically concerned with them: but finally the problems of the school are seen as indissolubly bound up with the changes that have overtaken urban life.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements – Introduction – 1. Classroom crisis and teacher stress – 2. The EPA myth– 3. Two housing nations – 4. Multi-ethnic muddle – 5. Juggling children and catchments – 6. The day the roof fell in – 7. The caretaker has the keys – 8. Management by mafia or creative bureaucracy – 9. The Curriculum Church – 10. The Cargo-cult and innovation – 11. Teaching English: a curriculum case study – 12. Electric, plastic classrooms – 13. Counter-reformation with Inquisition –  14. Children’s rights and counsellors – 15. Social mix for urban classrooms – 16. Community schools and teachers – Glossary – Bibliography – Index

O autorze

Thornbury, Robert