Schools and Communities: Working together to transform children's lives [Paperback]

This book is rooted in the principle that every child and young person has a fundamental entitlement to equal educational opportunities. Human relationships are fundamental to educational and social development and increasing importance is being attached to cooperation and collaboration between schools and the community, and between the agencies that provide services for children and young people.This 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

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

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 community