Children and Young People's Reflections on an Education for the 21st Century
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Catherine Burke is Lecturer in Education at the University of Leeds. Ian Grosvenor is Director of Learning and Teaching at the School of Education, University of Birmingham.
Introduction: Neglected Spaces Part 1. Forgotten Spaces 1. School Buildings 'A safe haven, not a prison' 2. Canteens and lunch rooms 'The forgotten spaces where informal learning occurs' 3. School Yards and Playgrounds 'It's very big but there's nothing in it' Part 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 'Nobody forgets a good teacher ' Part 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' Part 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