It is for everyone who cares about education in an uncertain world and
explains how teachers, parents and grandparents can cultivate
confidence, curiosity, collaboration, communication, creativity,
commitment and craftsmanship in children, at the same time as helping
them to do well in public examinations.
Educating Ruby: what our children really need to learn shows,
unequivocally, that schools can get the right results in the right way,
so that the Rubys of tomorrow will emerge from their time at school able
to talk with honest pleasure and reflective optimism about their
schooling.
Featuring the views of schoolchildren, parents, educators and employers
and drawing on Guy Claxton and Bill Lucas' years of experience in
education, including their work with Building Learning Power and the
Expansive Education Network, this powerful new book is sure to provoke
thinking and debate. Just as Willy Russell's Educating Rita helped us
rethink university, the authors of Educating Ruby invite fresh scrutiny
of our schools.