A Good Education

A New Model of Learning to Enrich Every Child

Margaret White (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

258 Seiten

2018
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-57632-2 (ISBN)

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This book provides an answer to one of the key questions of our time: namely, what constitutes a good education. Presenting a ‘four-dimensional’ model, it directly considers the essential elements a good education should include. Through forging this framework and outlaying its origins, implications and practice, the book explains how a good contemporary education can be defined and implemented. From the premise that such educational essentials are neither the preserve of the elite nor a minimum standard, White's exploration keeps the child at the heart of the discussion, focusing on every pupil's worth, identity, interactions and development.

The author offers a detailed and rigorous perspective reflecting on extensive professional experience, starting with a consideration of the current educational climate and progressing through the book's three parts:

looking for a good education
creating a model of good education
applications, implications and implementation of the model.

A Good Education recognises the transformative power of education and reflects on the importance of human factors: teachers' provision for their pupils and students' ability to flourish. This book is addressed to those actively engaged in or concerned about educational provision: graduates entering teaching, school leaders, policy-makers and parents. It also speaks more broadly to all those who know that a good education really matters.

Margaret White is Deputy Head Academic at St Faith’s School, Cambridge. She studied Natural Sciences and Education at Cambridge University and has over twenty years’ experience of teaching and school leadership. Her passion for education draws on her experiences as a pupil, student, teacher, parent, governor and school leader.

Introduction Part 1: looking for good education Chapter 1. What is a good education? Chapter 2. In search of educational ethos Part 2: creating a model of good education Chapter 3. Foundational values: the essential heart Chapter 4. Character traits: living it out Chapter 5. Educational principles: distinguishing practices Chapter 6. Practical outcomes: end results Part 3: applications, implications and implementation of the four-dimensional model Chapter 7. The four-dimensional school: values and principles in practice Chapter 8. The four-dimensional curriculum: breadth of attainment at the academic core Chapter 9. The four-dimensional curriculum: breadth of attainment in the wider sphere Chapter 10. The four-dimensional subject: achieving heights of excellence Chapter 11. The four-dimensional lesson: encouraging depth of engagement Chapter 12. A four-dimensional vision: fostering length of endeavour Afterword

Erscheinungsdatum	16.03.2018
Zusatzinfo	52 Tables, black and white; 35 Line drawings, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	174 x 246 mm
Gewicht	500 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Sekundarstufe I+II
ISBN-10	1-138-57632-8 / 1138576328
ISBN-13	978-1-138-57632-2 / 9781138576322
Zustand	Neuware