Education, the rock and roll years : a northern perspective on a lifetime of learning, teaching and leading / Les Walton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walton, Les, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers--Great Britain--Biography.

Teachers.

School administrators--Great Britain--Biography.

School administrators.

Walton, Les.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

St Albans, England : Critical Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

A very personal and funny retrospective from Les Walton on a life in education over the last three-quarters of a century. From learner, to teacher to leader and government adviser, he takes us on his journey, delivering key messages for all those involved in education.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Title page

Copyright information

Acknowledgments

Endorsements

Dedication

About the author

Prologue

Table of contents

PART ONE. LEARNING: HOW NOT TO LEARN OR REPETITION, REGURGITATION AND REPRESSION

Chapter 1. The importance of humour

Chapter 2. Thoughts from the womb

Chapter 3. Born in the UK

Chapter 4. Being a Geordie

Chapter 5. Red Ellen

Chapter 6. Proggy mat memories

Chapter 7. Chalk and tawse in the infant school

Chapter 8. Jesus wants me for a sunbeam

Chapter 9. Cup finals and good conduct

Chapter 10. Sorting the intelligent

Chapter 11. A weekly morning of madness

Chapter 12. When pathways divide

Chapter 13. I don't believe in fairies

Chapter 14. Childhood bereavement

Chapter 15. Extra- curricular antics

Chapter 16. Me and Maurice Chevalier

Chapter 17. Teenagers

Chapter 18. Youth voice

Chapter 19. College

Chapter 20. The sheep

Chapter 21. 1966: Dublin and the importance of history

Reflections

PART TWO. TEACHING: CARING, CAPABLE, CHILD-CENTRED

Chapter 22. The tale of the pot

Chapter 23. The staff room

Chapter 24. The thunderous whisper in the dinner hall

Chapter 25. Kahlil Gibran: the 1960s and custody battles

Chapter 26. The Durham dispute

Chapter 27. Perls of wisdom

Chapter 28. Another brick in the wall

Chapter 29. The pastoral head

Chapter 30. Caretakers

Chapter 31. Nutty slack and TV

Chapter 32. ROSLA: the raising of the school leaving age

Chapter 33. Party games and the disco

Chapter 34. The Warnock Report and special needs

Chapter 35. School assemblies and NAPCE

Chapter 36. Religion and education

Chapter 37. Technical and vocational education

Chapter 38. Corporal punishment

Chapter 39. Vision and the lead pipe

Chapter 40. Leave some room for the dance.

Chapter 41. Our children are priceless

Chapter 42. The Ofsted phenomenon

Chapter 43. The morning after a terrible night

Chapter 44. Star Singer

Chapter 45. Deming, the quality guru

Chapter 46. Deming meets Elsie

Chapter 47. The Specialist Schools Movement

Chapter 48. Transforming our school

PART THREE. LEADING: POLITICS, PLANNING, POLITICIANS

Chapter 49. Crossing the great divide

Chapter 50. Playing the percentages

Chapter 51. School development planning

Chapter 52. The death of the director

Chapter 53. A near- death experience

Chapter 54. The Bradford intervention

Chapter 55. A fresh start: sometimes there is no easy fix

Chapter 56. Further education

Chapter 57. Future- proofing our schools

Chapter 58. Developing a regional voice: Schools North East

Chapter 59. The Young People's Learning Agency

Chapter 60. Cancer care and capability

Chapter 61. Putting the 'fun' into funding

Chapter 62. Downhills

Chapter 63. Northern Education

The Northern Education Trust valuesand principles

Chapter 64. Rebalancing the system

Chapter 65. The art of leaving

Epilogue

So what have I learned?

So, what do I want?

Appendix 1: National figures

Appendix 2: Educationalists and influencers

Appendix 3: Legislation and reports

Appendix 4: Books referenced

Appendix 5: Northern heroes

Appendix 6: Popular culture

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-04-037611-8

1-04-037335-6

1-914171-33-0

1-914171-34-9