Education in the Balance explores the significant choices and opportunities for the future development of schools and school systems internationally, including case studies in Pakistan and India, Colombia, Saudi Arabia and China. It draws attention to the increasing reliance on the judgements of leaders in a wide range of settings: schools, private companies and NGOs to choose options which, cumulatively, will have profound implications for the future of education. What knowledge, skills and attributes will these new leaders of education need, and how can they be developed? Raphael Wilkins maps out these issues, drawing on his extensive first had experience as an international consultant in education leadership.
Raphael Wilkins is Assistant Director (International Consultancy and Knowledge Transfer) at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK. He is President of the College of Teachers. His international consultancies includes projects in China, India, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Yemen, South Sudan and Mexico.
Preface1. Introduction: Where is Education Going?2. Analytical Approach: Education Geography meets Political Philosophy3. Education and Globalisation \ 4. Education Leadership and Leaders5. Education as Commodity, as Public Service, and as an Aspect of Society6. Education Investments and Returns7. Innovation and Tradition8. Neighbourhood, Nation and World9. Managers, Professionals and Activists 10. Evidence, Beliefs, Culture and Power11. School Leaders for the FutureReferencesIndex