Introduction
Section 1: Education and the community
Chapter 1 A critique of schools and schooling
Chapter 2 The social context of education
Chapter 3 The moral purpose of education
Section 2: Building social capital
Chapter 4 Social Capital and Learning
Chapter 5 Engaging Families and the Community
Chapter 6 Dialogue as a Community Resource
Chapter 7 From services to silos
Section 3: Building capacity in communities
Chapter 8 Leadership in the community
Chapter 9 Community Action
Chapter 10 Change and complexity in communities
Chapter 11Monitoring, review and evaluation
References
Education and the communityThis is very important book that is a must read-for anyone involded in the implementation of the Children's Act, Children's Centres and extended schools and in developing community based strategies to support educational improvement
Professor John West-Burnham is a writer, teacher and consultant in education leadership with a particular interest in leadership learning and development, and learning in schools and communities. He has been a school teacher, teacher trainer and education officer, and has held posts in five universities. He is Professor of Educational Leadership at St Mary's University College, Twickenham. John is the author or editor of 23 books and he has worked in 21 countries. Maggie Farrar is Operational Director, Every Child Matters and Standards, at the National College for School leadership. George Otero is Director of the Centre for Relational Learning, New Mexico.
Dominant themes throughout this well structured book include social
justice and equity, social capital, community capacity building,
and the moral purpose of education...Case study examples and
chapters on partnership working and evaluation offer useful advice
*Colleen Cummings, Learning & Teaching Update, Dec 2007*
With the extended school agenda and the need to crack the cycle of
disadvantage, this book is timely, illuminating and persuasive.
*Professor Tim Brighouse*
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