1st Edition
Learning Beyond the Classroom Education for a Changing World
By Tom Bentley
Copyright 1998
212 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
by
Routledge
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Education has become one of our major concerns, at the heart of any strategy for prosperity and social cohesion. But young people are having more difficulty than ever before in adapting to the world they will enter as adults. Tom Bentley argues that if education is to meet the emerging challenges of the twenty-first century, we must recognise that learning takes place far beyond the formal... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Challenges; Chapter 3 Seeds of solutions; Chapter 4 Active learning in practice; Chapter 5 What matters most; Chapter 6 Learning morality and citizenship; Chapter 7 Tackling underachievement; Chapter 8 The challenge of employability; Chapter 9 Personal capacities; Chapter 10 Systems of assessment; Chapter 11 Nurturing learning relationships; Chapter 12 The new landscape of learning;
Biography
Tom Bentley is a senior researcher at Demos, the independent think-tank, and an adviser to David Blunkett MP, Secretary of State for Education and Employment. He was born and educated in East London and at Oxford University. His research areas include: young people, education, the future of work and the combating of social exclusion.
'One of the key education books of the decade.' - Times Educational Supplement
'Demos at its best - well conceived and researched, cogently argued, grounded and forward looking.' - Professor Howard Gardner, Harvard University Graduate School of Education
'An excellent book: it anticipates the future and is grounded in practice.' - Professor Michael Barber, Head, DFEE Standards and Effectiveness Unit
'... I tend to agree with Dame Tamsyn Imison, Head of Hampstead High School, who wrote that this was the most exciting book she had read in a long time.' - Professor John Tomlinson for Children and Society
