Beyond the Classroom Building New School Networks

by Black, Rosalyn

• ISBN13: 9780864319234
• ISBN10: 0864319231
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-01
• Publisher: ACER Press

Summary

Beyond the Classroom calls for new models of schooling that recognize that the future of young people is the responsibility of the whole community. These models should form the basis of a new social alliance across school systems enabling all young people to take an active - if not leading - role beyond the school gates and into the community. The book is based on the findings of a research project carried out by Education Foundation Australia. The message that emerges from the research is that tinkering around the edges of schooling will not provide solutions to the widening gaps in education that limit opportunities for many youth.

Author Biography

Rosalyn Black is the Senior Research Manager at the Foundation for Young Australians. She has many years of experience of teaching and leadership in government schools and higher education, and has worked with the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, informing state and national policy directions.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. v
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
Background	p. 1
The equity imperative	p. 4
What is a network?	p. 7
Joining up government	p. 10
Barriers to collaboration	p. 12
Viewpoint	p. 15
Networks in place	p. 19
Partnership plus	p. 19
Leveraging partnership	p. 22
The school as hub	p. 23
Networks for social capital	p. 25
The power of the local	p. 28
Viewpoint	p. 31
Networks for students	p. 33
Learning and wellbeing	p. 33
The early years	p. 36
The middle years	p. 39
Building the capacity for collaboration	p. 42
Leading the networked school	p. 47
Parents and the networked school	p. 47
Electronic networks	p. 48
Viewpoint	p. 49
Connecting the sectors	p. 52
The community sector	p. 52
The role of philanthropy	p. 55
The role of business	p. 58
Networking the city	p. 61
Viewpoint	p. 65
Young people driving networks	p. 68
Globalisation and education	p. 68
The connected society	p. 70
Young people and collaboration	p. 71
ruMAD?	p. 71
Down on the farm	p. 72
Regenerating the community	p. 73
Pushing the switch	p. 74
Viewpoint	p. 76
Systemic solutions for equity	p. 80
System performance and equity	p. 80
The loss and discovery of equity	p. 81
Achieving equity	p. 83
Federal and state governments	p. 84
A place-based approach	p. 85
Viewpoint	p. 87
New work for networks	p. 91
The network potential	p. 91
The need for improved networks	p. 93
What has been tried elsewhere?	p. 99
Moving ahead	p. 100
Viewpoint	p. 101
Conclusions	p. 105
New networks or better networks?	p. 105
A mandate for collaboration	p. 106
References	p. 109
Index	p. 120
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