ABSTRACT
This is a book by educators, for educators. It grapples with the complexities, the humanity and the possibilities in education. In a climate of competing accountabilities and measurement mechanisms; corporate solutions to education ‘problems’; and narratives of ‘failing’ schools, ‘underperforming’ teachers and ‘disengaged’ students; this book asks ‘What matters?’ or ‘What should matter?’ in education.
Based in the unique Australian context, this book situates Australian education policy, research and practice within the international education narrative. It argues that professionals within schools should be supported, empowered and welcomed into policy discourse, not dictated to by top-down bureaucracy. It advocates for a flipping, flattening and democratising of the education system, in Australia and around the world.
Flip the System Australia: What matters in education brings together the voices of teachers, school leaders and scholars in order to offer diverse perspectives, important challenges and hopeful alternatives to the current education system.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|2 pages
Teacher identity, voice and autonomy
chapter 2|11 pages
Teachers’ perceptions of commercialisation in Australian public schools
chapter 3|9 pages
Flipping the system, but in which direction?
chapter 5|10 pages
Education beyond risk
part II|3 pages
Collaborative expertise
chapter 8|11 pages
Developing teacher leadership and collaborative professionalism to flip the system
chapter 10|4 pages
From weakness to strength
part III|2 pages
Social justice
chapter 12|8 pages
“In 2017 we seek to be heard”
chapter 14|9 pages
Learning with connection
part IV|2 pages
Professional learning for a flipped system
part V|2 pages
Leadership for a flipped system