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The school I'd like : children and young people's reflections on an education for the 21st century
- Title
- The school I'd like : children and young people's reflections on an education for the 21st century / Catherine Burke and Ian Grosvenor ; with an afterword by Dea Birkett.
- Author
- Burke, Catherine, 1957-
- Publication
- London ; New York : RoutledgeFalmer, 2003.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | LA632 .B885 2003 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Grosvenor, Ian.
- Description
- xiii, 162 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 cm
- Summary
- In 2001, "The Guardian" launched a competition called '"The School I'd Like", in which young people were asked to imagine their ideal school. This vibrant book presents material drawn from that competition, offering a snapshot of perceptions of schools by those who matter most.
- Subject
- Education > Aims and objectives > Great Britain
- School children > Great Britain > Attitudes
- Education > Aims and objectives
- School children > Attitudes
- Schulreform
- Schüler
- Attitude
- École
- Éducation
- Élève du primaire
- Élève du secondaire
- Enseignement
- Environnement scolaire
- Finalité de l'éducation
- Réforme pédagogique
- Système éducatif
- Great Britain
- Großbritannien
- Grande-Bretagne
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Introduction: neglected voices -- pt. 1. Forgotten spaces -- 1. School buildings: 'A safe haven, not a prison ... ' -- 2. Canteens and lunchrooms: The edible landscape of school -- 3. School yards and playgrounds: 'It's very big but there's nothing in it ... ' -- pt. 2. Learning and knowing -- 4. Knowledge and the curriculum: 'The notion of writing prize-winning essays on tropical rainforests without taking some action would be seen as strange' -- 5. Learning: 'Let us out ...!' -- 6. Teachers and special people: 'Nobody forgets a good teacher ... ' -- pt. 3. Staying power -- 7. Identities and equalities: 'I resented being told what to wear, what to think, what to believe, what to say and when to say it' -- 8. Survival: 'Schools may be getting good academic results but they are not helping the pupils as individuals' -- pt. 4. Flexible contexts -- 9. A sense of time: 'I would like the school to be clever, so it may last forever ... ' -- 10. Tools: 'Pupils don't want state of the art blackboards or expensive televisions, they want comfortable chairs' -- Final words: whole school visions.
- ISBN
- 0415301149
- 9780415301145
- 0415301157
- 9780415301152
- 9780203439074
- 0203439074
- 9781134418640
- 1134418647
- 9781134418596
- 1134418590
- 9781134418633
- 1134418639
- LCCN
- 2003041390
- OCLC
- ocm51519594
- 51519594
- SCSB-1294368
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library