Creating tomorrow's schools today : education-our children-their futures

Richard Gerver was formerly headteacher of internationally respected Grange Primary School in Long Eaton, UK, where he put into action his passionate belief in child centric learning that focuses on experience and context, saying that schools should have the excitement of Disneyland and the purpose of major industry. A former National Teaching Award winner, he has been described as one of the most innovative and inspirational school leaders of our time: highly creative, people centric and fun.

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Foreword	p. ix
Preface: The moral imperative	p. xiii
Section 1 The challenge	p. 1
Chapter 1 Education and the changing world: The imperative for change	p. 3
Chapter 2 Harnessing the power of our children: Do we realize their potential?	p. 11
Chapter 3 Making school matter: Selling school to our children	p. 19
Chapter 4 The positivity of failure: How making mistakes makes a difference	p. 27
Chapter 5 Who do we create our schools for?: Ensuring that we focus on our children	p. 35
Chapter 6 What matters most?: The knowledge vs skills debate	p. 43
Chapter 7 The world beyond the gate: Creating real contexts for learning	p. 51
Chapter 8 The industrial model of schooling: Why our system is out of date	p. 59
Chapter 9 Are they fit for the future?: Do we really give our children the best chance?	p. 67
Chapter 10 Making school magical!: How to make school the next must-have	p. 73
Chapter 11 Breaking down the walls: Educating with the community	p. 81
Chapter 12 The way forward: Summarizing Section 1 and setting up Section 2	p. 87
Section 2 The way it could be	p. 93
Chapter 13 Creating the vision: The thinking behind the 'Grange way'	p. 95
Chapter 14 Developing the whole child: Putting personal development at the heart of the process	p. 105
Chapter 15 Beyond subjects: Developing a thematic approach	p. 113
Chapter 16 The Grangeton Project: Creating three-dimensional learning	p. 127
Chapter 17 A curriculum of all the talents: Nurturing every individual and finding what makes them tick	p. 137
Chapter 18 Into the unknown: Moving forward from the book	p. 143
Afterword: Leading into the unknown	p. 149
Bibliography and references	p. 153
Useful websites	p. 155
Index	p. 156

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