A new Monday morning and beyond

Leonie Arthur, Jon Callow, Bronwyn Cole, Shirley Gilbert, Caroline Hatton, Margery Hertzberg, Mary Mooney, Geoff Munns, Phil Nanlohy, Joanne Orlando, Leonie Pares, Anne Power, Wayne Sawyer, Les Vozzo, Katina Zammit

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    Abstract

    In this concluding chapter of our book we begin by reflecting on Willis’s (1977) seminal work about how kids from low SES communities come to believe that school is not for them. Willis had talked about Monday morning in his final chapter as a metaphor for the limited possibilities that classrooms offer for many poor communities. We are hoping that the same metaphor can reflect a sense of optimism for a ‘new Monday morning’ as captured in the classroom stories of this book. The teachers you have met offer their students a genuine hope that getting up and going to school can be both challenging and engaging in the here and now, as well as giving them a chance for a more successful educational future. We finish this book by suggesting that this chance is manifest through three key themes: measure of a teacher; the call to engage; intellectual challenge. The themes are presented here both as a summary and as a set of provocations for educators to take forward as they open up an educational fair go for students living in poverty.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationExemplary Teachers of Students in Poverty
    EditorsGeoff Munns, Wayne Sawyer, Bronwyn Cole
    Place of PublicationU.K.
    PublisherRoutledge
    Pages187-190
    Number of pages4
    ISBN (Electronic)9780203076408
    ISBN (Print)9780415531566
    Publication statusPublished - 2013

    Keywords

    • educational equity
    • engagement
    • pedagogy

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