Inspiring Purpose in High-Performance Schooling

Mary Anne Heng's book "Inspiring Purpose in High-Performance Schooling" argues that modern-day schooling should focus on purpose rather than efficiency and effectiveness. She uses Singapore and Israel as examples to explore how education can be transformed to serve a deeper purpose, uncovering children's real experiences of school. The book is a valuable resource for teachers, school leaders, policymakers, and education researchers interested in educational leadership and change, curriculum, teaching and learning, and youth purpose.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 162 pages
Publication date: 05 February 2024
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

In her book, Inspiring Purpose in High-Performance Schooling, Mary Anne Heng delves into the prevailing focus of modern-day schooling on efficiency and effectiveness, often measured through standardized tests and academic achievements. This book critically examines what truly matters in high-performance schooling contexts, using Singapore as an example. Heng argues that education should be viewed as a transformative process with a deeper purpose that goes beyond the mere acquisition of knowledge and skills. She challenges the rhetoric of developing passion, curiosity, creativity, and other 21st-century competencies in high-performance schooling and seeks to uncover the authentic experiences of children in school.

Through extensive research using various sources, including surveys, individual student interviews, and discussions with practicing teachers and educational leaders, Heng analyzes the experiences of adolescents in Singapore and Israel. She sheds light on the disconnect between the intended outcomes of schooling and the actual experiences of students. Heng's book makes an urgent call for a new vision in education that goes beyond mere achievement and celebrates success with a larger purpose for the wider world.

This valuable academic and resource text is intended for teachers, school leaders, policymakers, graduate students in education programs, as well as education researchers in the fields of educational leadership and change, curriculum, teaching and learning, and youth purpose. Heng's book offers insights and practical strategies for educators to create learning environments that foster students' growth, development, and sense of purpose, ultimately contributing to a more meaningful and fulfilling future for individuals and society as a whole.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032693422