Encouraging learning : towards a theory of the learning school
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Bibliographic Information
Encouraging learning : towards a theory of the learning school
Open University Press, c1996
- : pbk
Available at 9 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
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  Akita
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  Fukushima
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  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book offers a radical critique of both the Government's agenda for educational reform and of the various alternative agendas that have been proposed in recent years. It is based upon original research by a distinguished interdisciplinary author team.
The focus of the book is on the work of secondary schools located in contexts of disadvantage and on the overwhelming need to motivate young people and to foster in them a sense of purpose and optimism for the future.
In particular, the authors discuss:
* how broader social trends impact upon schools as they move towards the year 2000
* ways of understanding the low educational expectations of many young people and
their disaffected attitude towards schooling
* strategies by which schools can motivate students to take responsibility for their own
learning
* ways of working in partnership with parents and in collaboration with other schools
The book is based on the premise that if schools in contexts of disadvantage can be made to work, then schools in other more favourable contexts will have much to learn from them. The book will be of interest to teachers and headteachers, educational policy makers and social scientists with a professional interest in educational and management issues.
Table of Contents
Preface
The limits of the present reform agendas
Towards a theory of learning
The learning school 1
The learning school 2
Education for democracy
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