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Alternative Approaches to Education

A Guide for Teachers and Parents

By: Fiona Carnie

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Alternative Approaches to Education

A Guide for Teachers and Parents

By: Fiona Carnie

Alternative Approaches to Education provides parents and teachers with information and guidance on different education options in the UK and further afield. This new and expanded edition, including additional chapters and up-to-date contact details, explains the values, philosophies and methods of a range of alternative approaches available outside and within the state system, as well as if you’re ‘doing it yourself’. Illustrated throughout with the first-hand experiences of children, teachers and parents, it provides lists of useful contacts, sources of further information and answers to common questions. Together with brand new chapters on recent research and contemporary debates, and on Free Schools, it covers: Small alternative schools Steiner Waldorf education Democratic schools Alternatives in the state system Parents as change agents Setting up a Small School or Learning Centre Home-based education Flexible schooling Exploring why alternative approaches to education are needed, this accessible and informative book challenges the dominant educational orthodoxies by putting children first. It will be of interest to teachers looking to build on their knowledge of different educational approaches in order to find new ways of working. It is also an ideal introduction for parents deciding how best to educate their children.

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Taylor & Francis

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1315533200

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9781315533209

Rebuilding Our Schools from the Bottom Up

Listening to Teachers, Children and Parents

By: Fiona Carnie

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Rebuilding Our Schools from the Bottom Up

Listening to Teachers, Children and Parents

By: Fiona Carnie

The aim of this book is to explore how teachers, students and parents can be given more of a say in the education system – in how schools are organised, and in what and how children learn. The book does not promote a specific view of education, but considers the means by which educational purposes and approaches can be conceived, agreed and enacted democratically – a precursor to a flourishing democratic society. Rebuilding Our Schools from the Bottom Up has been written in response to significant changes which have taken place in the education system over the past 30 years. In England at least, these changes have resulted in an increasingly centralised system in which the voices of those who teach, those who learn, and those whose children go to school have been marginalised. The book covers four main areas: Teacher voice: listening to the professionals Student voice: involving students as active participants in their education Parent voice: building a genuine home–school partnership School community voice: developing a shared vision With inspiring examples from around the UK and overseas and a range of resources that can be used by senior leaders, teachers and parents, the book aims to encourage and support transformative change so that schools can meet the needs of the communities they exist to serve.

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Routledge

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1315451875

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Nature Contained

Environmental Histories of Singapore

By: Tony O'Dempsey,Mark Emmanuel,John van Wyhe,Nigel P. Taylor,Fiona L.P. Tan,Cynthia Chou,Goh Hong Yi,Corinne Heng

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Nature Contained

Environmental Histories of Singapore

By: Tony O'Dempsey,Mark Emmanuel,John van Wyhe,Nigel P. Taylor,Fiona L.P. Tan,Cynthia Chou,Goh Hong Yi,Corinne Heng

How has Singapore's environment and location in a zone of extraordinary biodiversity influenced the economic, political, social, and intellectual history of the island since the early 19th century? What are the antecedents to Singapore's image of itself as a City in a Garden? Grounding the story of Singapore within an understanding of its environment opens the way to an account of the past that is more than a story of trade, immigration, and nation-building. Each of the chapters in this volume focusing on topics ranging from tigers and plantations to trade in exotic animals and the greening of the city, and written by botanists, historians, anthropologists, and naturalists examines how humans have interacted with and understood the natural environment on a small island in Southeast Asia over the past 200 years, and conversely how this environment has influenced humans. Between the chapters are travelers' accounts and primary documents that provide eyewitness descriptions of the events examined in the text. In this regard, Nature Contained: Environmental Histories of Singapore provides new insights into the Singaporean past, and reflects much of the diversity, and dynamism, of environmental history globally.

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NUS Press

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9971697904

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9789971697907

Rebuilding Our Schools from the Bottom Up

Listening to Teachers, Children and Parents

By: Fiona Carnie

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The Parent Participation Handbook

A Practical Guide to Maximising Parental Involvement in Your School

By: Fiona Carnie

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The Parent Participation Handbook

A Practical Guide to Maximising Parental Involvement in Your School

By: Fiona Carnie

In a time of massive change and huge pressure on budgets, it is essential for schools to fill rolls. It is vital to provide the school that local parents want. The Parent Participation Handbook is a practical and relevant resource for headteachers, leadership teams involved in encouraging parents to participate in school life

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1905538839

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Alternative Approaches to Education

Alternative Approaches to Education

Rebuilding Our Schools from the Bottom Up

Rebuilding Our Schools from the Bottom Up

Nature Contained

Nature Contained

Rebuilding Our Schools from the Bottom Up

Rebuilding Our Schools from the Bottom Up

The Parent Participation Handbook

The Parent Participation Handbook

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