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A Curriculum of Hope: As Rich in Humanity as in Knowledge
A stimulating manifesto of hope that explores how good curriculum design can empower schools to reach out to families and communities in ways that build bridges rather than barriers.
A great many schools are wondering how they can build curriculum models that meet the demands of government policy as well as the needs of the children and communities they serve. In A Curriculum of Hope Debra Kidd illustrates how, by using a 'plaited' curriculum model, teachers can deliver learning experiences that genuinely link knowledge to life and build strong, mutually beneficial community links from classroom to home to business, and to wider public and political spheres too.
Starting with the premise that a strong curriculum is sewn together by five key strands - coherence, credibility, creativity, compassion and community - Debra shows teachers how they can make the space to give children an education that will genuinely pave their way to a more positive future. She explores how schools can create units of work that are not simply knowledge-rich but also humanity-rich, and offers a plethora of examples in which schools, parents, children and the wider local community can learn together to build from within.
A great many schools are wondering how they can build curriculum models that meet the demands of government policy as well as the needs of the children and communities they serve. In A Curriculum of Hope Debra Kidd illustrates how, by using a 'plaited' curriculum model, teachers can deliver learning experiences that genuinely link knowledge to life and build strong, mutually beneficial community links from classroom to home to business, and to wider public and political spheres too.
Starting with the premise that a strong curriculum is sewn together by five key strands - coherence, credibility, creativity, compassion and community - Debra shows teachers how they can make the space to give children an education that will genuinely pave their way to a more positive future. She explores how schools can create units of work that are not simply knowledge-rich but also humanity-rich, and offers a plethora of examples in which schools, parents, children and the wider local community can learn together to build from within.
- GenresEducation
168 pages, Paperback
Published January 30, 2020
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Debra Kidd
5 books2 followersDebra Kidd taught for 23 years in primary, secondary and higher education settings. She is the author of Teaching: Notes from the Front Line and Becoming Mobius: The Complex Matter of Education, but her latest project, Uncharted Territories: Adventures in Learning, with Hywel Roberts is her favourite because it represents where her heart is – in the classroom. Debra is the co-founder and organiser of Northern Rocks – one of the largest teaching and learning conferences in the UK. She also has a doctorate in education and believes more than anything else that the secret to great teaching is to “make it matter”.
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November 28, 2022
*4.5 stars as it mainly covers primary, but I’m teaching 14+ and therefore some of it was not relevant. However, was a very interesting book and provided ideas like an epiphany on how we can teach differently but more successfully and effectively when going against the current curriculum structures as they are today and focuses on making them good humans.
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