Tilting Education: Rebalancing Schools to Create Success That Is Kind for Students and Staff

Tilting Education is a book that examines psychology, philosophy, sport, the arts, and economics to raise fundamental questions about what lessons should be wanted and how they should be taught. It provides practical strategies to motivate staff, reduce workload pressure, and improve learning and teaching. It will inspire and support leaders to make their schools a better place.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 130 pages
Publication date: 18 November 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Do you ever ponder what you and your school represent? Have you ever felt that there are significant issues lurking beneath the surface, but you lack the ability to bring them into focus? Tilting Education will inspire, challenge, and empower those who desire to lead a quiet revolution in schools. The book explores some of the most intriguing ideas found in psychology, philosophy, sport, the arts, and economics to raise fundamental questions about what lessons we should want young people to learn and how these lessons could best be taught.

Setting out a model for developing more sustainable and kinder schools, the book focuses on a range of issues such as value and success, effective planning, the sensible use of data, staff training and motivation, communication, diversity, and ethics. Each chapter encourages the reader to think deeply about their priorities for education and provides practical strategies that will motivate staff, reduce workload pressure, and improve learning and teaching.

Imaginative and creative leaders of academic, pastoral, and senior teams will gain insights and tips from Tilting Education to rebalance the perception of educational value in their schools. More than a checklist of dos and do nots, this is a book that will change the way you think about your school. It will inspire and support you to make it a better place, which will serve your whole school community with kindness into the future.

Weight: 276g
Dimension: 173 x 245 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032148786