Thrive: The Purpose of Schools in a Changing World
Cambridge University Press
Edition: 2, 2/18/2021
EAN 9781108834827, ISBN10: 1108834825
Hardcover, 240 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
Every generation faces challenges, but never before have young people been so aware of theirs. Whether due to school strikes for climate change, civil war, or pandemic lockdowns, almost every child in the world has experienced the interruption of their schooling by outside forces. When the world we have taken for granted proves so unstable, it gives rise to the question: what is schooling for? Thrive advocates a new purpose for education, in a rapidly changing world, and analyses the reasons why change is urgently needed in our education systems. The book identifies four levels of thriving: global – our place in the planet; societal – localities, communities, economies; interpersonal – our relationships; intrapersonal – the self. Chapters provide research-based theoretical evidence for each area, followed by practical international case studies showing how individual schools are addressing these considerable challenges. Humanity's challenges are shifting fast: schools need to be a part of the response.
1. The need for purpose
why we have to ask 'why?'
2. New answers to 'why'
3. The context for a new purpose
an age of disruption
4. What does it mean to 'thrive' – globally?
5. Pathfinders for a thriving planet
6. Stronger together
building thriving societies
7. Pathfinders for thriving societies
8. The inter-personal purpose
growing strong bonds
9. Pathfinders for thriving relationships
10. Me, myself and I
towards the thriving self
11. pathfinders for the thriving self
12. Agency
a key outcome for learners
13. From schools to learning ecosystems
14. Beyond beautiful exceptions
the challenge of scale
15. Getting purposeful.