Searching for the ideal school around the world : school tourism and performative autoethnographic-we / by Alys Mendus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mendus, Alys, author.

Contributor:

E.J. Brill (Firm)

Series:

Arts, creativities, and learning environments in global perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comparative education.

Education--Aims and objectives.

Education.

Schools--Evaluation.

Schools.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 269 pages) : illustrations (some color.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

1 Alys the Guide p. 1

2 Part 1 Covers... p. 6

3 Part 2 Covers... p. 7

4 Part 3 Covers... p. 8

5 Alys the Guide p. 10

Part 1 Fed up with the System

1 'Fed up with the System' p. 13

1 Alys the Guide: Introduction p. 13

2 Fed up with the English Education System p. 14

3 Fed up with Neoliberalism in Education p. 20

4 Alys the Guide p. 22

5 Performative Autoethnography p. 22

6 The Multiplicities of the Alys-We p. 27

2 My Nomadology p. 32

1 Alys the Guide p. 32

2 Alys the School Tourist: Where Did I Travel? p. 32

3 Fed up with Fixed Home Dwelling: Introducing My Embodied Nomadology p. 35

4 Alys the Van-Dweller Describes Their Life in 2017 p. 36

5 An Ode to the Car Park - 13th September 2016 p. 39

6 Alys the Nomad p. 42

7 Vignette 1: Alys the Theorist with Alys the Nomad - A Dialogue Troubling the Term 'Nomad' p. 42

3 School Is Not the Answer p. 49

1 Alys the Guide p. 49

2 The Queering of 'Bad-Alys': The Green School Epiphany Poem p. 50

3 Edge-ucation, Potentiality and the Utopian Performative of Hope p. 59

4 Potentiality and Hope p. 61

5 Alys the Guide: Utopian Performative of Hope for Education p. 62

Part 2 Educating Differently

4 Steiner Waldorf Education p. 67

1 Alys the Guide p. 67

2 Alys-We: Why Not Waldorf? A Play-Script from SE Asia p. 68

3 Alys the Educator: What Is Steiner Waldorf Education? p. 72

4 Kindergarten (3-6 years) p. 73

5 Vignette 2: Alys the Performer - A Poem about a Steiner Kindergarten p. 74

6 Lower School (7-14 years) p. 76

7 Vignette 3: Alys the School Tourist - An Observation of a Steiner Class 1/2 Main Lesson p. 77

8 Upper School (14+) p. 78

9 Vignette 4: Alys Educating Differently - My First Experience Teaching in a Steiner Waldorf Upper School p. 78

10 Vignette 5: Alys the School Tourist - A Conversation with Steiner Waldorf School Administrator, Australia, February 2016 p. 79

11 Alys the Guide p. 80

12 Alys and Steiner: The Role of the Steiner Waldorf Class Teacher p. 81

13 Alys the Theorist: What Are the Main Critiques of Steiner Waldorf Pedagogy? p. 82

14 Alys the Guide: Why I Have Included Two Chapters on Steiner Waldorf p. 84

5 Alys Troubling Steiner Waldorf Education p. 86

1 Alys the Guide: Introduction p. 86

2 Alys the Theorist: What Is Anthroposophy? p. 86

3 Alys and Steiner: Anthroposophy and Racism p. 89

4 Alys the Theorist: Anthroposophy - The Elementals and Inner Work p. 93

5 Alys the Theorist: A Dialogue about Inner Work p. 96

6 Alys the Theorist: Steiner Waldorf Education around the World - The Challenge with Eurocentricism p. 96

7 Vignette 6: Alys the Performer - An Ethnodrama on the role of Christianity in Steiner Waldorf Education p. 98

8 Vignette 7: Alys the School Tourist (Kathmandu, Nepal, March 2008) p. 100

9 Alys the Theorist: Sterner Waldorf Education and the Edge-ucation p. 103

10 Alys Educating Differently: Moving from Blended Pedagogy into Edge-ucation p. 107

11 State-funded Steiner Waldorf Edge-ucation p. 109

12 Vignette 8: Alys the School Tourist - State-funded Steiner Primary Stream, Australia p. 109

13 Alys Educating Differently: Fed up with Behaviourism in the Classroom p. 112

14 Vignette 9: 'Acorn 1,2,3' p. 112

15 Vignette 10: "You Can't Sit There!" p. 113

16 Vignette 11: Red on the Traffic Light Means No Playtime p. 113

17 Alys the Theorist: A Response to Vignette 9,10 & 11 in 2016 p. 114

18 Alys the Guide: Why Steiner Waldorf Education Is Not My 'Ideal' p. 116

6 Alys and Progressive Education p. 119

1 Alys the Guide p. 119

2 Alys the Theorist: Progressive Education p. 119

3 Alys the School Tourist: Stories from Progressive Schools p. 120

4 Alys the Educator: What Makes a 21st Century Progressive School Progressive? p. 122

5 Alys the Educator: Project-Based Learning p. 125

6 Alys the Educator: Ron Berger and Expeditionary Learning p. 126

7 The Queering of 'Bad-Alys': The Dangers of Putting Places on a Pedestal - The Green School, Bali p. 127

8 The Queering of Bad-Alys... Feeling Uncomfortable Realising I Am Too Radical for What I Have Seen p. 130

9 Alys the Guide p. 131

7 Alys and Democratic Education p. 133

1 Alys the Guide p. 133

2 Alys the Theorist: Progressive Education and Democracy p. 134

3 Alys the School Tourist: My First Democratic School Visit p. 135

4 Alys the Educator: What Is Democratic Education? p. 136

5 Alys the School Tourist: Different Places That Call Themselves Democratic... p. 138

6 Alys the Educator: What Makes These Democratic Schools Different from Other Schools 'Educating Differently'? p. 140

7 Alys the Educator: What Is the Role of the Teacher in Democratic Education? p. 142

8 Alys the Theorist: Democracy-in-Action? p. 145

9 Alys the School Tourist: Observation of Democratic School Meetings p. 146

10 Alys the School Tourist: A Discussion with an Experienced Democratic Educator p. 149

11 Alys the Guide: Reflections p. 150

12 Alys the School Tourist: Gems from Democratic Schools p. 150

13 Alys the Edge-dweller: Democratic Education and the 'Ideal School' p. 154

14 Alys the Educator: Unschooling p. 157

15 Alys the Guide p. 159

8 Alys and Montessori Education p. 162

1 Alys the Guide p. 162

2 Alys and Steiner: The View of Montessori p. 162

3 Alys the School Tourist - What Is Montessori Education? p. 164

4 Alys the School Tourist: Combined Pedagogical Approaches p. 166

5 The Queering of 'Bad-Alys': Seeing Montessori with New Eyes p. 169

6 Alys the Guide p. 171

7 An Interview with Emma Hughes, Primary Montessori Teacher, July 2021 p. 172

8 Alys the Educator: Gems within Montessori Education - Exploring Montessori Maths Resources p. 174

9 Alys and Edge-ucational Gems within the System p. 178

1 Alys the Guide p. 178

2 Alys the School Tourist: Using Autonomous Approaches with a Set Curriculum p. 178

3 Alys the Guide p. 193

Part 3 Towards a Paradigm Shift

10 Performing School Tourism p. 197

1 Alys the Guide p. 197

2 Alys the Theorist: A Theoretical Discussion of Performing School Tourism p. 197

3 A Troubling of Performing School Tourism p. 201

4 The Ethics of Performing School Tourism p. 209

5 Alys the Guide p. 211

11 Becoming a School Tourist p. 213

1 Alys the Guide p. 214

2 Alys the School Tourist: Other School Tourists... p. 215

3 Alys the Theorist: What Counts as a School Visit? p. 215

4 What Do I Do as a School Tourist? p. 216

5 Alys the School Tourist: Group and Solo School Tourism p. 218

6 Alys Educating-Differently: Working with School Students to Find the Ideal School p. 220

7 Alys the School Tourist: Visiting Innovative Schools with Preservice Teachers p. 223

8 Alys the Theorist: Becoming-Identity p. 226

9 Alys the Guide p. 227

12 Composting the Rhizome: The Earth-We p. 229

1 Alys the Guide p. 229

2 Alys the Theorist: Discussing the Big Picture p. 230

3 Vignette 29: Alys the Edge-Dweller - Learning from the Dark Mountain Weekend p. 230

4 Alys the Guide p. 233

5 Alys-We Performing School-Tourism for the 'New Story' p. 233

6 The Queering of Bad-Alys: Moving beyond the 'New Story' p. 235

7 Vignette 30: Come Dance My PhD p. 237

8 The Multiplicities of the Alys-We and the Earth-We p. 242

9 Alys the Guide p. 244.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-267) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789004506039

9004506039

Publisher Number:

40030891772

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