What School Could Be
Subtitled 'insights and inspiration from teachers across America', this extraordinarily important book results from the author's field trip visiting schools from all 50 states in…… Read More »
Category: Education
Policy Entrepreneurship in Education
Here James Arthur draws on his pioneering experience in creating the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues at the University of Birmingham (www.jubileecentre.ac.uk). The book…… Read More »
Taught not Caught
Nicky Morgan was Education Secretary between 2014 and 2016, and pioneered the UK government initiative introducing character education into English schools through grants and awards.…… Read More »
The Case Against Education
Provocatively subtitled 'why the education system is a waste of time and money', this radical and subversive book makes the case for cutting rather than…… Read More »
Universities and Colleges – A Very Short Introduction
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Character Nation
Character education is a fast moving field with the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues at the University of Birmingham at the forefront. James Arthur…… Read More »
AN INTELLIGENT PERSON'S GUIDE TO EDUCATION
Some readers may know that Tony Little has just retired as Head Master of Eton College – this very engaging book is his formal educational…… Read More »
High School Graduation – K12 strategies that work
Avis Glaze was an impressive keynote speaker at our recent conference on Character, Culture and Values held at Glasgow University. This book explains the hugely…… Read More »
Transforming History: A New Curriculum for a Planetary Culture
In Transforming History Thompson turns teacher and proposes a curriculum adhering to Haeckel's 'biogenetic law' that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny: i.e. aiming to 'match the stages…… Read More »
Learning for Tomorrow
This book is essential reading for everyone concerned with the deeper issues of learning in terms of structure, context, process, group dynamics and outcomes. Based…… Read More »