Well Educated: Leading Schools with Wonder, Joy and Wisdom [Hardcover]

Part 1: What is a good education?? 1.?The functionalist view of education.? 2. Education as self-realisation.? 3. Are all good schools alike?? 4. Should schools serve individuals or communities?? 5. Who decides what a good education is?? Part?2: A good curriculum? 6.?The best thats been thought and said: the knowledge-rich school.? 7. Education for creativity.? 8. Building up educated citizens.? 9. Is a good school conceivable without great subject teaching?? 10. Local curriculum development.? 11. Education as transmitting knowledge, values and cultural identity.? 12. Rendering tensions productive: Finding joy and seeking wisdom in the intellectual enterprise of the curriculum.? 13. What is a quality curriculum? Part?3: Is assessment fit for purpose?? 14.?Assessment and childrens experience of learning.? 15. The role of public examination and qualifications.? 16. The school leader as emancipator.? 17. Understanding, embedding and assessing complex competences such as creative thinking, collaboration and communication.? 18. How do we know someone is well educated? Part?4:? Who benefits from education???19. Creating joy. What does educational success look like?? 20. Who are schools failing?? 21. Education for families who dont see the point.? 22. What is fairness in education?? 23. The broader societal benefits of education? 24. Is it possible to be overeducated? Part?5: What is an educated society???25. Education as a means to foster a nation with a shared culture, tradition and values.? 26. Is there an education utopia?? 27. A vision for a better world?? 28. A community of individual talents? 29. Does society still value teachers?? Afterword? Index

Successful teachers teach and good leaders lead for the love of it. Despite difficulties, most schools are havens of joy and good learning. This book brings together a range of perspectives from il��