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Schools and Communities: Working together to transform children's lives

Autor Professor John West-Burnham, Maggie Farrar, George Otero
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 apr 2007
This book is rooted in the principle that every child and young person has a fundamental entitlement to equal educational opportunities. Human relationships are fundamental to educational and social development and increasing importance is being attached to cooperation and collaboration between schools and the community, and between the agencies that provide services for children and young people.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781855392335
ISBN-10: 185539233X
Pagini: 192
Ilustrații: 34
Dimensiuni: 189 x 246 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Network Continuum Education
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

A major new book looking at the relationship between community and school.Three well-known educational figures look at how social factors impinge on academic achievement.Should be widely reviewed and will make waves.

Cuprins

Introduction
Section 1: Education and the community
Chapter 1   A critique of schools and schooling
Chapter 2   The social context of education
Chapter 3   The moral purpose of education
Section 2: Building social capital
Chapter 4   Social Capital and Learning
Chapter 5   Engaging Families and the Community
Chapter 6   Dialogue as a Community Resource
Chapter 7   From services to silos
Section 3: Building capacity in communities
Chapter 8   Leadership in the community
Chapter 9   Community Action
Chapter 10 Change and complexity in communities
Chapter 11Monitoring, review and evaluation
References
Education and the community

Recenzii

Dominant themes throughout this well structured book include social justice and equity, social capital, community capacity building, and the moral purpose of education...Case study examples and chapters on partnership working and evaluation offer useful advice
With the extended school agenda and the need to crack the cycle of disadvantage, this book is timely, illuminating and persuasive.