Description
The French have a sayingplus ca change plus c�est la meme chose. The English colloquial equivalent ‘same old same old conveys a sense of the inevitable, a reminder that if we haven‘t learned the lessons of history we are doomed to repeat them. In over half a century, what have we learned about education, about schools as places for education, a
Table of Contents
In the Beginning: Dancing on the Demons Part I: The First LensPolicy Making: Ideology, Insiders, Outsiders and Dissenting Voices.Policy Perspectives and Priorities: Hearing Voices Part II: The Second Lens Research and the Myths of Scientific Rigour. Telling Stories: From Dutiful Compliance to Defiant Risk Taking Part III: The Third LensInternational Agencies and Agents Provocateurs. Cogitamus Ergo Sumus: We Think therefore We Are Part IV: The Fourth LensAcademics Conferring and the Power of Place. In Pursuit of Congress: True Believers, Pragmatists and Heretics Part V: The Fifth LensNew Enlightenment and a University for Children.‘Notschool’: Freeing the Children...and Other Political Prisoners Part VI: The Sixth LensBeing and Becoming a Teacher, and the End of Idealism.Back to the Future: A New Storyline Part VII: The Seventh LensGoing to School: Plus ca Change? Testing Classroom Learning - Connect, Extend and Challenge. Epilogue: In Hindsight and Retrospect.
