Culture by Design

The Discovery Process as a New Way for Schools

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

Av Malcolm Gauld

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An eye-opening 2022 Gallup poll shows that a majority (55%) of American parents are “somewhat to completely dissatisfied” with the schools their children attend. Meanwhile, a 2022 CDC survey of 7,705 high school students found that 44% of them described persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness with 9% admitting to having made an attempt at suicide. After 45 years of teaching kids and leading schools, Malcolm Gauld offers a blunt explanation of how we got here: “We care more about what they can do than about who they are, and they know it.”The solution lies in a reordering of priorities where our schools come to value attitude over aptitude, effort over ability, and character over talent. This book offers a blueprint for how to do that. The first step in enacting this shift calls upon school leaders to look deeply and honestly at the quality of the cultures in their schools. The author pointedly observes, “Every school has a culture. Is yours by design or default?”After a thorough exploration of the nature of culture, the author introduces and describes a dynamic school culture improvement program called the Discovery Process, explaining how it has been implemented in both public and private schools. The program, aligned with national social and emotional learning (SEL) standards, is presented as a concrete approach to Culture by Design.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-07-20
Mått152 x 228 x 9 mm
Vikt240 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor164
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781475872385

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Gauld is the executive director of the Hyde Institute, an organization he founded that provides character-based learning opportunities to school communities across the country. He is a nationally recognized expert on character education and an award-winning author on the decline of effective parenting. Gauld’s decades of experience teaching students and leading schools, primarily at the Hyde School, has helped him to effectively examine the need to transform school culture. He states, “We care more about what [students] can do than about who they are, and they know it.” In Culture by Design, he suggests a unique school culture improvement program called Discovery Process. The first step challenges school leaders to honestly reflect and examine the cultures in their schools. Gauld observes that “Every school has a culture ... Is yours by design or default?” He skillfully provides a path for school leaders to rethink education by focusing on character. The solution he suggests is in the reordering of priorities. Schools should value attitude over aptitude and effort over ability. This book is an absolute must-read for novice and experienced educators and school leaders who desire to enhance the climate and culture of their schools. Highly recommended. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals.