The school of tomorrow : values and vision / Roger Crombie White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, Roger Crombie, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Secondary--Great Britain.

Education, Secondary.

High school students.

Great Britain.

High schools--Great Britain.

High schools.

High school students--Great Britain--Interviews.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

xii, 185 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Buckingham [England] ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 2000.

Summary:

This book brings to life the 'conversations between generations' and offers its own vision for education in the years ahead. Young people from secondary schools around Britain talk about what they enjoy and what they find difficult about school. Experts respond to these comments and offer their own ideas about what is important.

Contents:

2 Young people's comments about school 11

3 Comparisons with previous generations 29

4 Past and present: comments from sixth formers 44

5 Looking forward: comments from sixth formers 60

6 Ways ahead: some visions considered 75

7 Interview with David Blunkett MP 88

8 Interview with Professor Tim Brighouse 96

9 Interview with Anita Higham OBE 105

10 Interview with Professor Richard Pring 114

11 Interview with Dr Nick Tate 123

12 Interview with Professor Ted Wragg 130

13 Values and vision: social justice 139

14 Danish perspectives: comments from sixth formers 149

15 Interview with Margrethe Vestager 165.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [178]-182) and index.

ISBN:

0335204678

0335204686

OCLC:

43662298