{"product_id":"beyond-schooling-an-anarchist-challenge-9780367187835","title":"Beyond Schooling An Anarchist Challenge","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eProvocative and engagingly written, \u003ci\u003eBeyond Schooling \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a challenging perspective on State schooling in England and the unrelenting increase in centralisation from the late 1960s until the present day. Exploring how the education of our children and young people should be recaptured from the State as the country moves into a precarious future, this book:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eargues that any fundamental reconsideration of schooling has much to learn from an anarchist analysis;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eintroduces readers unfamiliar with anarchism to the main themes of this political philosophy and practice and their relationship to the political left and right;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eshows how an anarchist perspective on education raises deep issues about the community and the use of power;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003equestions the notions of full-time schooling and age-grading, alongside conventional conceptions of the teaching profession and the potential educational role of parents as work declines or disappears.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn its original reflections on the state of contemporary schooling and the paths to future reform, \u003ci\u003eBeyond Schooling\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for anyone seeking a new vision for the future of education and schooling. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis powerful indictment of state-dictated schooling and of the gulf between data-driven performance and education leads into a passionately argued vision of how things could be. Both analysis and prescription draw on very wide reading, including sympathetically but critically presented anarchist perspectives. But they reflect, deeply, David Hargreaves’ long experience as a teacher, researcher, LEA chief inspector, government adviser and wide involvement in professional development. The style combines deep personal involvement with unfailingly lucid analysis. The book is a distinctive and distinguished achievement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTony Edwards, Emeritus Professor Of Education, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDominant models of schooling favoured by the UK and many other countries across the world have not only ceased to be fit for the imperatives of contemporary purpose. They also exemplify and extend a national and international betrayal of education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn times such as these, a book which names the malaise, identifies and analyses it key failings and proposes an imaginative, inspiring and profoundly life-affirming alternative is to be welcomed with open arms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpportune, imaginative, deeply practical and utterly necessary, this remarkable book offers a contribution of immense national and international importance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Fielding, Emeritus Professor, UCL Institute of Education, UK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter 50 years in English education I thought I knew its history and the reforms it needs. How wrong I was. This book has forced me to question and reject some of my basic assumptions. The process was unsettling and exhilarating, challenging and truly educational.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis powerful indictment of state-dictated schooling and of the gulf between data-driven performance and education leads into a passionately argued vision of how things could be. Both analysis and prescription draw on very wide reading, including sympathetically but critically presented anarchist perspectives. But they reflect, deeply, David Hargreaves’ long experience as a teacher, researcher, LEA chief inspector, government adviser and wide involvement in professional development. The style combines deep personal involvement with unfailingly lucid analysis. The book is a distinctive and distinguished achievement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTony Edwards, Emeritus Professor Of Education, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDominant models of schooling favoured by the UK and many other countries across the world have not only ceased to be fit for the imperatives of contemporary purpose. They also exemplify and extend a national and international betrayal of education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn times such as these, a book which names the malaise, identifies and analyses it key failings and proposes an imaginative, inspiring and profoundly life-affirming alternative is to be welcomed with open arms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpportune, imaginative, deeply practical and utterly necessary, this remarkable book offers a contribution of immense national and international importance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Fielding, Emeritus Professor, UCL Institute of Education, UK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter 50 years in English education I thought I knew its history and the reforms it needs. How wrong I was. This book has forced me to question and reject some of my basic assumptions. The process was unsettling and exhilarating, challenging and truly educational.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrank Coffield, Emeritus Professor of Education, UCL Institute of Education, London University, UK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1\u003c\/strong\u003e The future of schooling: a distinctively different direction of travel; \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2 \u003c\/strong\u003eAnarchism and the abolition of the State: an intention to murder, Russian-style; \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3 \u003c\/strong\u003eMurdering the State, in American deschooler-style; \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4 \u003c\/strong\u003e Anarchism English-style: State murder by other means; \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5 \u003c\/strong\u003eThe State and Schooling: some old and some new assailants; \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6 \u003c\/strong\u003eAnarchist challenges to State schooling from the Right, American-style; \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7 \u003c\/strong\u003eState schooling versus community education; \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8 \u003c\/strong\u003eUtopia and the remaking of social and educational systems; \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9 \u003c\/strong\u003ePower and resistance in society and in education; \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10 \u003c\/strong\u003eTwo paths to a new imaginary for education and schooling; \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11 \u003c\/strong\u003eEducation, not Schooling: realising the new imaginary; \u003cstrong\u003eBibliography \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd (Sales)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017843081559,"sku":"9780367187835","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367187835.jpg?v=1750774852","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/beyond-schooling-an-anarchist-challenge-9780367187835","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}