Binding: Paperback
Description: This is a book by educators for educators. It grapples with the complexities the humanity and the possibilities in education. In a climate of competing accountabilities and measurement mechanisms; corporate solutions to education problems ; and narratives of failing schools underperforming teachers and disengaged students; this book asks What matters? or What should matter? in education. Based in the unique Australian context this book situates Australian education policy research and practice within the international education narrative. It argues that professionals within schools should be supported empowered and welcomed into policy discourse not dictated to by top - down bureaucracy. It advocates for a flipping flattening and democratising of the education system in Australia and around the world. Flip the System Australia: What matters in education brings together the voices of teachers school leaders and scholars in order to offer diverse perspectives important challenges and hopeful alternatives to the current education system.
Title: Flip The System Australia What Matters In Education
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781138367869
Pages: 262 Pages, 4 Line Drawings, Black And White; 1 Halftones, Black And White; 5 Illustrations, Black An
Publication Date: 11/29/2018
Category: Organization & Management Of Education