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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459120903321

Autore

Gerver Richard

Titolo

Creating tomorrow's schools today [[electronic resource] ] : education - our children - their futures / / Richard Gerver

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2010

ISBN

1-4729-1282-9

1-4729-1283-7

1-282-87100-5

9786612871009

1-4411-0521-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Disciplina

370.73

Soggetti

Education - Aims and objectives - United States

Educational change - United States

Education, Primary

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes Web resources.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Preface: The moral imperative; SECTION 1 The challenge; SECTION 2 The way it could be; Afterword: Leading into the unknown; Bibliography and references; Useful websites; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Education is the platform for our success or failure, but is our system still fit for purpose? Will our children be equipped to face the challenges the future holds: the rapidly changing employment patterns and the global environmental, economic and social crises ahead of us? Or will our children grow up to resent their school years and blame them for their unfulfilled potential and achievement?. Creating Tomorrow's Schools Today explores these questions in the context of early schooling and primary education, presents powerful arguments for change and highlights strategies that offer a soluti