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How did we let teacher burn-out happen, and what can we do about it - before it's too late?
This brave and disruptive book accurately defines the problems of low teacher morale and offers systemic, future-proof and realistic solutions to bringing hope, energy and joy back to the profession. The simple answer is staring us in the face: increase teacher agency. Our rallying cry: our profession needs a return to values of humanity, pride, and professionalism.
From research literacy to a collective voice, better CPD to smarter accountability, contributors to this book demonstrate the huge scope for increased teacher influence at every level of the education sector. Education voices including Sam Twiselton, Alison Peacock, David Weston and Andy Hargreaves, supported by a broad range of academics and policy makers, vouch for increased teacher agency and stronger, more powerful networks as a means of improving practice, combatting teacher disillusionment, and radically improving UK education. This text offers an exciting and hopeful perspective on education; urging teachers to work together to 'flip the system' and challenging policy makers to help... or get out of the way.
Chapters have been contributed by Tom Bennett, Peter Ford, Jonathan Firth, David Weston, David Williams, Zeba Clarke, Julie Smith, Dr Robert Loe, Jeremy Pattle, Debra Kidd, Steven Watson, Ross Morrison McGill, George Gilchrist, Howard Stevenson, Professor Dame Alison Peacock, d'Reen Struthers, Phil Wood, Rae Snape, Simon Gibbs, Ross Hall, Jackie Ward, Simon Knight, David Frost, Sheila Ball, Sarah Lightfoot, Andy Hargreaves, Darren Macey, Gary Farrell, Julian Critchley, Tony Gallagher, Gareth Alcott, Sam Twiselton, Jelmer Evers, Alma Harris, Michelle Jones, Natalie Scott, Deborah M. Netolicky, Jon Andrews, Cameron Paterson, Per Kornhall, Joe Hallgarten, Tom Beresford and Sara Hjelm.
Contents
List of Figures and Tables Foreword Dedication Acknowledgements Introduction: From Supply Agency to Demand Agency: Taking Back Control PART I: The Teachers' Manifesto: Cognitive Agency Chapter 1: There Are No Ninjas: Why the Research Revolution Might Rescue Teaching Chapter 2: Beyond The Policy VAKuum: An Educational Journey Chapter 3: Experts in Learning Chapter 4: From Data-Rich To Data-Smart: Empowering Teaching, Not Monitoring Teachers Chapter 5: Breaking Free of the Machine: Lessons from Wales Chapter 6: Shedding Our Inhibitions: From External to Internal Accountability Chapter 7: Practitioner-Led Research: Towards Professional Autonomy PART II: The Teachers' Manifesto: Collective Agency Chapter 8; Measuring What Matters: The Relational Foundations of School Systems Chapter 9: Walking with Dinosaurs Chapter 10: Complex Needn't be Complicated Chapter 11: A Manifesto for Control: Democracy, Scholarship, Activism and Solidarity Chapter 12: CPD: Education's Achilles Heel Chapter 13: Accountability and Agency in a Scottish School Chapter 14: Flip the system? Get organised! Chapter 15: The Chartered College of Teaching: Professional Learning without Limits PART III: The Teachers' Manifesto: Ethical Agency Chapter 16: Professional Resilience and Wellbeing Chapter 17: Lesson Study: An Approach to Claiming Slow Time for Professional Growth Chapter 18: Only Connect: Resisting the Winds of Change Chapter 19: Inclusion and Teachers' Beliefs in their Efficacy Chapter 20: Empowering Teachers to Empower Young People to Live for the Common Good Chapter 21: Making a Difference: The View from a PRU Chapter 22: The Progressive Traditionalism of Special Education Chapter 23: The HertsCam Network: Supporting Non-Positional Teacher Leadership PART IV: The Teachers' Manifesto: Political Agency Chapter 24: Time for a Flipping Change Chapter 25: The Only Way Is Long-Term Chapter 26: A Northern Irish Perspective Chapter 27: How Education Policy-Makers Make Mistakes Chapter 28: Contrasting Experiences of Marginalisation and Empowerment Chapter 29: A System with Synergy: Bringing Together All That Is Good In Our System Chapter 30: Towards a Teacher-Focused System: Lessons from the Carter Review of ITE PART V: The Teachers' Manifesto: Global Agency Chapter 31: Systems Matter: The Future of the Teaching Profession Chapter 32: The Unintended Outcomes of PISA Chapter 33: Teachers Sans Frontières Chapter 34: Flipping the System: A Perspective from Down Under Chapter 35: Flipping Sweden Chapter 36: Creating Conditions for System-Wide Innovation: Humanising Innovation in Schools Chapter 37: Someone to Discuss With... List of contributors Index
