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Learning: The Treasure within
Report to UNESCO fo the International Commission on Education for the Tweny-first Century.
Jacques Delors
The Battle for the souls of black folk
From the preface: “This is the story of a 20 year war of words…”
The pedagogy of Empowerment
Community Schools as a Social Movement in Egypt
Malak Zaalouk
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This new study offers a historical understanding of the initiative whilst carefully embedding it in the political and economic global context of the late twentieth century. The author first introduces the movement approach to development and carefully develops the notion of learning as a countermovement to the disintegrating world of today. She then moves on to describe how a community schools movement developed in the most deprived areas of rural Egypt and how such a movement is planned, mobilized, and sustained and details the strategies and activities of the initiative. In the third part of the work the author describes the results of the movement and its impact on people’s lives. The last chapter places the community education movement within the political economy of Egypt’s educational reform and attempts to forecast the movement’s long-term impact on the educational system. The work will be of interest to anthropologists, educationalists, feminists, practitioners working in the field of development, and policymakers.
Liberating Learning
EDUCATIONAL CHANGE AS A SOCIAL MOVEMENT
Dr. Santiago Rincón-Gallardo
This book is about three complementary ideas: 1) learning is a practice of freedom; 2) liberating learning in public education requires widespread cultural change in classrooms, schools, and entire education systems; and 3) social movements have been the most powerful vehicles for widespread cultural change, and in their logic of operation lie the keys to liberate learning. Drawing on existing knowledge and new research on educational change, the author offers nine principles of action to liberate learning in schools and across entire educational systems. Topics discussed include learning, pedagogy, leadership, education policy, widespread cultural change, collective action, and whole system improvement. Written for educators and leaders interested in transforming teaching and learning in classrooms and schools, as well as for public intellectuals and people interested in widespread pedagogical change, the book articulates a new way to think about and pursue educational change.
The Global Fourth Way
The Quest for Educational Excellence
Andrew Hargreaves and Dennis L. Shirley
Deep and lasting educational reform doesn’t happen overnight. This example-packed sequel to The Fourth Way draws upon inspiring examples unearthed by brand new research to challenge educational leaders, teachers, and policy makers to put proven strategies to work promoting student achievement and the high quality teaching that drives it. With striking success stories from diverse systems around the world, Hargreaves and Shirley discuss:
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- The real-life, nitty-gritty challenges facing change leaders
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- Stumbling blocks to enacting best principles and practices
- Developing and implementing a plan of action to overcome challenges to lasting change