Most schools have improved significantly over the past ten years. The quality of teaching is better than it has ever been and yet there is a sense that schools are still not meeting the needs of all young people.
The answer to this challenge is personalizing learning; a switch from the school to the learner - from the needs of the system to the needs of the person. This book presents both a manifesto and a model for the personalization of learning. It combines emerging theories of learning with best professional practice to support schools in developing their own way of moving from improvement to transformation.
About the authors
Introduction, John West-Burnham & Max Coates
Chapter 1 - Understanding personalization, John West-Burnham
Chapter 2 - Why personalize?, John West-Burnham
Chapter 3 - Understanding learning, John West-Burnham
Chapter 4 - A new model of the curriculum, John West-Burnham
Chapter 5 - Learning styles, Max Coates
Chapter 6 - Assessing personalized learning, Max Coates
Chapter 7 - ICT and personalization, Max Coates
Chapter 8 - Leadership for personalization, John West-Burnham
Case Studies
Chapter 9 - Creating a Climate for Learning, Hazel Pulley
Chapter 10 - Philosophy of Education: Kambrya College, Australia, Ian McKenzie
Chapter 11 - Creating a Learning Centred School, Greg Barker
Chapter 12 - Personalizing schools, Max Coates
Chapter 13 - Curriculum Reform in Northern Ireland, Sharon Cousins
References and Acknowledgements
Index