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:
List of Figures
Foreword Jelmer Evers
Introduction: What Matters in Education? Deborah M. Netolicky, Jon Andrews And Cameron Paterson
PART I: Teacher Identity, Voice and Autonomy: Turning the System Inside Out
Chapter 1. Elevating the Professional Identities and Voices of Teachers and School Leaders in Educational Research, Practice, And Policymaking Deborah M. Netolicky
Chapter 2. Teachers’ Perceptions of Commercialisation in Australian Public Schools: Implications for Teacher Professionalism Anna Hogan and Bob Lingard
Chapter 3. Flipping the System, But in Which Direction? Reclaiming Education as a Public Concern Gert Biesta
Chapter 4. Podcasts: Vehicles for Professional Growth and System Flipping Cameron Malcher
Chapter 5. Education Beyond Risk: Vulnerability as a Challenge to Neoliberalism’s Colour-Blind Order Benjamin Doxtdator
PART II: Collaborative Expertise: Reprofessionalising the System
Chapter 6. Flipping Large Scale Assessments: Bringing Teacher Expertise to the Table Greg Thompson, David Rutkowski and Sam Sellar
Chapter 7. Schools for the Future: Networks and Innovation Cameron Paterson and Keren Caple
Chapter 8. Developing Teacher Leadership and Collaborative Professionalism to Flip the System: Reflections from Canada Carol Campbell
Chapter 9. Changing Education in Action: Lighting the Collective Efficacy Flame Gavin Hays and Adam Hendry
Chapter 10. From Weakness to Strength: Turning the Challenge of ‘Out of Field Teaching’ into a Team that Thrives Yasodai Selvakumaran
Chapter 11. Flipping Their Lids: Teachers’ Wellbeing in Crisis Andy Hargreaves, Shaneé Washington and Michael T. O’Connor
PART III: Social Justice: Democratising the System
Chapter 12. "In 2017 We Seek to Be Heard": De-Tangling the Contradictory Discourses that Silence Indigenous Voices in Education Melitta Hogarth
Chapter 13. Locked Out, Left Out: Three Generations Schooled and Classed Kelly Cheung
Chapter 14. Learning with Connection: Shifting Teachers’ Practice through Authentic Engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities Kevin Lowe
Chapter 15. Empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students in Schools Ben Lewis
Chapter 16. Reach Them Then Teach Them: Engagement in Alternative Education Settings Dan Haesler and Melissa Fotea
Chapter 17. Makerspace as ‘Soul Work’ of Public Schooling Tomaz Lasic
Chapter 18. Equitable Education in Australia: Empowering Schools to Lead the Way Pasi Sahlberg
PART IV: Professional Learning for a Flipped System
Chapter 19. Coaching for Agency: the Power of Professionally Respectful Dialogue Jon Andrews and Chris Munro
Chapter 20. Changing the Landscape through Professional Learning Rachel Lofthouse
Chapter 21. From Silo to Study Group: Subverting Teacher Learning Ryan Gill and Carla Gagliano
PART V: Leadership for a Flipped System
Chapter 22. Empowering Educators Through Flipped School Leadership? Scott Eacott
Chapter 23. Riding Two Wild Horses: Leading Australian Schools in an Era of Accountability Rebecca Cody
Chapter 24. A Culture of Trust: Key Practices of Compelling Leadership Paul Browning
Chapter Number & Title – Chapter 25. Context Matters: Women Leading in Rural Schools Susan Bradbeer
Chapter 26. One School’s Journey to Create a New Education Paradigm Ray Trotter
Chapter 27. Finding Our Roots in The Leaves: An Ecology of Change in Leading Learning That Matters Flossie S. G. Chua, David N. Perkins, and Daniel G. Wilson
Conclusion: Speaking Hope into Education Discourse Deborah M. Netolicky, Jon Andrews and Cameron Paterson
List of Contributors
