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OverviewThe author takes a long look at what goes on in schools, and the roles played by people specifically concerned with them: but finally the problems of the school are seen as indissolubly bound up with the changes that have overtaken urban life. The school cannot be isolated, teachers, administrators, planners and parents must actively co-operate in making the school work in society and a society which works for the school. Nothing other than such a total vision, he concludes, will enable us to achieve normal educational goals. Robert Thornbury writes out of fifteen years experience of the urban school and of the problems not only of Britain but also those sometime similar, often more acute, of other countries, in particular the United States and Australia. The need for a total urban strategy is worldwide. His point of view is broad-based but his sympathies lie most of all with the hard-working teacher who stayed on in the urban classroom. It is a book for teachers therefore, but also, by its own argument, for all concerned with the future of the inner-city and the reordering of education. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robert ThornburyPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9780415675697ISBN 10: 0415675693 Pages: 260 Publication Date: 08 December 2011 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements – Introduction – 1. Classroom crisis and teacher stress – 2. The EPA myth– 3. Two housing nations – 4. Multi-ethnic muddle – 5. Juggling children and catchments – 6. The day the roof fell in – 7. The caretaker has the keys – 8. Management by mafia or creative bureaucracy – 9. The Curriculum Church – 10. The Cargo-cult and innovation – 11. Teaching English: a curriculum case study – 12. Electric, plastic classrooms – 13. Counter-reformation with Inquisition – 14. Children’s rights and counsellors – 15. Social mix for urban classrooms – 16. Community schools and teachers – Glossary – Bibliography – IndexReviewsAuthor InformationThornbury, Robert Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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