Fiona Carnie

Rebuilding Our Schools from the Bottom Up

Listening to Teachers, Children and Parents

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9781138211889
• ISBN-10: 1138211885
• Artikelnr.: 49155945

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Key research and contemporary debates
2. Teacher voice: listening to the professionals
3. Student voice: involving students as active participants
4. Parent voice: building a genuine home-school partnership
5. School community voice: developing a shared vision
6. Lessons from overseas
7. Strategies and resources to support transformational change
Looking ahead