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Education for a change : transforming the way we teach our children / edited by Titus Alexander and John Potter - New York : Routledge, 2005 - vii, 218 p.

includes index

Education for a change --
The battle of ideas / Titus Alexander and John Potter --
How will we educate young people in 2050? / Tim Brighouse --
What is the government up to? / Toby Greany and Cath Jones --
Key questions / Titus Alexander and John Potter --
The case for change --
A quick case for change / Tony Hinckley --
Time for a change / John Potter --
Education to save the planet / Jonathon Porritt --
What is education for? / Bart McGettrick --
Human scale education / Satish Kumar --
Schools for life and work / Charles Handy --
Last chance saloon for vocational education? / John Monks --
Learning families / Titus Alexander --
Seize the day, baby boomers! / Elizabeth Allen --
School matters: Learning matters --
The importance of governors governing / Titus Alexander --
Starting with learners / Titus Alexander and John Potter --
Creating a learning to learn school / Toby Greany and Bill Lucas --
The habit of freedom / Anita Roddick --
Self-esteem and motivation / Jenny Mosely --
Meeting the challenge of change / James Park --
Curriculum, schooling and the purpose of learning / Tony Breslin --
Brave new e-world / John Potter --
Tests, exams, rumpus and brouhaha / John Potter --
Schools of the future --
Winners and losers / John Potter --
The collegiate model: a family of city schools / Tim Brighouse --
Extended schools / Phil Street --
Schools for the town / Erik Stein --
Rural schools / Roz Bird --
Citizenship schools / Titus Alexander --
A school of the future / Tony Hinckley --
Tomorrow's educators --
Honour teachers / Jonathan Sachs --
Headteachers as 'lead learners' / Tamsyn Imison --
Learner-centred teachers / Ruth Deakin-Crick --
Engaging young people --
A checklist for pupil participation / Gill Frances --
Listen to students / Derry Hannam --
Talking to a pioneer / Samantha Hoskins and Bernard Trafford --
Young people at the centre of school change / Jane Buckley --
'All our own work' / Steve Baker --
Pupils as mentors / Ann Nelson --
Engaging young people in real learning / Adam Short --
A manifesto of learning or change --
Manifesto: education for change / Titus Alexander and John Potter.

ISBN: 9780415334853 (pbk)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Education-Educational change

Dewey Class. No.: 379.41 / T541