This book is a rallying cry to teachers at a time when many in the profession feel profoundly pessimistic about their work and the future of education. In this uplifting book, David Halpin suggests ways of putting the hope back into education, exploring the value of and need for utopian thinking in discussions of the purpose of education and school policy.David Halpin does not attempt to predict the future of schooling. Rather, he discusses the attitude educators should adopt about its reform and the prospect of educational change. He suggests that educators need to adopt a militant optimism of the will, applying aspects of the utopian imagination through which hopefulness can be brought to bear on educational situations.This important book will stimulate fresh thinking about school reform. It will be interesting reading for those studying for Masters and Doctoral degrees in education, and academics, researchers and policy makers working in the same field.
Author(s): David Halpin
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 160
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Preface and acknowledgements......Page 10
Introduction......Page 14
Hope and its significance for education......Page 23
Utopianism as a vocabulary of hope......Page 44
Utopianism and education: the legacy of Thomas More......Page 58
Utopian realism and a Third Way for education......Page 72
Utopian educational management and leadership......Page 87
Deliberative democracy and utopian school governance......Page 100
A utopian cultural core curriculum......Page 118
Putting hope back into education......Page 135
References and other sources......Page 141
Index......Page 153
