Transforming Learning in Schools and Communities

Introduction

Many educators have been looking for a fundamentally different approach to engage young people and encourage progress in learning. Supported by recent public policy developments, a transformation is beginning to take place in the practice of many schools.

The Shift in Learning Focus

The focus of learning is shifting away from the child as an individual in a classroom detached from the surrounding neighbourhood to a learning community that embraces carers and families as well as young people and teachers.

Analysis and Impact

This monograph analyses the organising principles of this cultural transformation and considers how it will shape learning in schools and communities throughout the world. The book brings together key thinkers from the fields of new learning, new communities of educational practice, and new forms of educational governance.

Conclusion

Arguing for the necessary interconnectedness of pedagogy, institutions, and governance, this ground-breaking book will undoubtedly shape the policy agenda in this area for years to come.