Encouraging Learning: Towards a Theory of the Learning School

A radical critique both of the British government's agenda for education reform and of various proposed alternatives to it, focusing on the need of secondary schools to motivate disadvantaged students to learn and instill in them a sense of purpose and optimism for the future. Describes the social trends now impacting schools, the low educational expectations and disaffection of many young people, strategies for motivating students to take responsibility for their won education, and collaborating with parents. Of interest to teachers, school administrators, and education scholars. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.