
Educating Ruby
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- Cover
- Praise for Educating Ruby
- Title
- Copyright
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Foreword by Professor Tanya Byron
- Foreword by Octavius Black
- Chapter 1: Causes for concern
- What we want for our children
- All is not well
- Some other views
- Understanding effect sizes
- Some common issues
- Chapter 2: Why old school won't work
- Three educational tribes: Roms, Trads and Mods
- Trad beliefs
- Speaking up for the Mods
- Exam fodder
- The importance of beliefs
- The lure of Big Hard Data
- The Sabre-Tooth Curriculum
- School and real-world learning
- Chapter 3: Competence and character
- Education is not the same as school
- What do children really need to learn?
- Habits of mind
- Cultivating character
- In brief
- Chapter 4: What's worth learning these days?
- Bones of a 21st century curriculum
- Age 3 to 5 - EYFS: Serious play
- Age 5 to 7 - Key Stage 1: Growth mindsets for success and collaborative learning
- Age 7 to 11 - Key Stage 2: Projects driven by interest
- Age 11 to 14 - Key Stage 3: Real-world enquiries and possible selves
- Age 14 to 16 - Key Stage 4: Sustained engagement with bodies of knowledge and research
- Age 16 to 19 - Key Stage 5: Deep scholarship and extended making
- Chapter 5: Reasons to be cheerful
- Pioneering schools
- HonySkills at Honywood
- Scaling up
- Employers
- Letter from a parent to her child's primary head teacher
- Professional bodies
- Dimensions and challenges for a 21st century curriculum
- The third sector
- Chapter 6: What parents can do at home
- Confidence
- Curiosity
- Conviviality and collaboration
- Communication
- Creativity
- Commitment
- Craftsmanship
- Chapter 7: A call to action
- Helping your local school to change
- Parent-teacher meetings
- Get into the lobby and use your voice
- Using the web and social media
- Finale
- Thirty ways you could help a local school1
- A selection of thought-provoking books
- About the authors
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