Creating tomorrow's schools today : education - our children - their futures /: education - our children - their futures. (©2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Richard Gerver.
• Other Names: Gerver, Richard
• Contents: Sec. 1. The challenge -- Ch. 1. Education and the changing world. The imperative for change -- Ch. 2. Harnessing the power of our children. Do we realize their potencial? -- Ch. 3. Making school matter. Selling school to our children -- Ch. 4. The positivity of failure. How making mistakes makes a difference -- Ch. 5. Who do we create our school for?. Ensuring that we focus our children -- Ch. 6. What matters most?. The knowledge vs skills debate -- Ch. 7. the world beyond the gate. Creating real contexts for learning -- Ch. 8. The industrial model of schooling. Why our system is out of date -- Ch. 9. Are they fit for the future?. Do we really give our chikdren the best chance? -- Ch. 10. Making school magical!. How to make school the next must-have -- Ch. 11. Breaking down the walls. Educating with the community -- Ch. 12. The way forward. Summarizing section 1 and setting up section 2 -- Sec. 2. The way it could be -- Ch. 13. Creating the vision. The thinking behind the 'Grange way' -- Ch. 14. Developing the wole child. Putting personal development at the heart of the process -- Ch. 15. Beyond subjects. Developing a thematic approach -- Ch. 16. The grangeton project. Creating three-dimensional learning -- Ch. 17. A curriculum of all the talents. Nurturing every individual and finding what makes them tick -- Ch. 18. Into the unknown. Moving forward from the book -- Afterword. Leading into the Unknown.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 160 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 370.973; Education -- General; EDUCATION -- History; EDUCATION -- Comparative; Education -- Aims and objectives; Education, Primary; Educational change; Education; Education -- Aims and objectives -- United States; Educational change -- United States; Education, Primary; Education; Grundschulpädagogik; United States; Großbritannien; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441105219; 1441105212; 9781472912831; 1472912837
• Related ISBNs: 9781855393943; 1855393948
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Includes Web resources.; Note: Print version record.
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