2nd Edition
The School I'd Like: Revisited Children and Young People's Reflections on an Education for the Future
202 Pages
25 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
202 Pages
25 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
202 Pages
25 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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‘Wonderfully illuminated by children's essays, stories, poems, pictures and plans, this ground-breaking book offers a unique snapshot of the perceptions of today's school pupils’. -French bookstore Lavoisier www.lavoisier.fr
In 2001, The Guardian launched a ground-breaking competition called ‘The School I'd Like’, in which young people were asked to imagine their ideal school. This vibrant... Read more
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: neglected voices
PART 1: Forgotten spaces
- School buildings: ‘A safe haven, not a prison’
- Canteens and lunchrooms: The edible landscape of school
- School yards and playgrounds: ‘It’s very big but there’s nothing in it . . .’
- Knowledge and the curriculum: ‘The notion of writing prize-winning essays on tropical rainforests without taking some action would be seen as strange’
- Learning: ‘Let us out . . . !’
- Teachers and special people: ‘Nobody forgets a good teacher . . .’
- Identities and equalities: ‘I resented being told what to wear, what to think, what to believe, what to say and when to say it’
- Survival: ‘Schools may be getting good academic results but they are not helping the pupils as individuals’
PART 2: Learning and knowing
PART 3: Staying power
Biography
Catherine Burke is Reader in History of Education and Childhood at the University of Cambridge.
Ian Grosvenor is Professor of Urban Educational History at the University of Birmingham.
