Moving: A Memoir Of Education And Social Mobility

Moving: A Memoir of Education and Social Mobility

Product Description Social mobility--the chance, through education, to achieve greater success compared to one's parents--is one of the most compelling issues of our time. In Moving, renowned professor, government adviser, and global change agent Andy Hargreaves shares candid, poignant and occasionally hilarious personal experiences of social mobility. Deeply revealing, emotionally direct, and intellectually insightful, the book begins in 1950s Northwest England and takes readers up to Hargreaves's university education in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Hargreaves openly shares how class movement has affected him throughout life, links his narrative to classic and contemporary research and realities, and calls on society to reverse the increasing levels of social immobility and inequity worldwide. Use this resource to inspire your work in increasing learning for every student: Learn, through the author's research and firsthand account, how issues surrounding mobility, equity, and education in the 20th century are still reflected in 21st-century life. Understand the obstacles of socially mobile students as they negotiate schoolwork, poverty, cultural collisions, and personal hardship. Witness how Hargreaves's experiences of testing, selection, ADHD, inspiring and uninspiring teaching, whole-child inclusion, and elitist exclusion are still alive and well in education today. Study three alternative scenarios for the future of social mobility that highlight the best ways to address both mobility and equity and to deal with the strains experienced by students who succeed in becoming mobile. Contents: Preface and Acknowledgments Table of Contents About the Author Chapter 1: Move On Up Chapter 2: No One Likes Us; We Don't Care Chapter 3: How the Light Gets Chapter 4: End of Eden Chapter 5: Worlds Apart Chapter 6: Higher Loves Chapter 7: The Full Monty Chapter 8: The Bigger Picture Index Endnotes Review "A nuanced and heartfelt account of his early years by one of the leading educators of our time. One comes to appreciate the motivations for Andrew Hargreaves's lifetime mission of improving educational opportunities for less-privileged persons, as well as the approaches that he has taken in pursuit of that essential undertaking." -- --Howard Gardner, Hobbs Research Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education "What really makes this book stand out is that Andy can look at education not only from the point of view of someone who benefited from a first-class education but also as a teacher who worked in a range of schools and saw firsthand the impact that poverty can have on educational attainment. Young people have the right to a first-class education, and the most fundamental element of that is ensuring that we have an outstanding and empowered teaching profession. That is why Andy's work as a leading educator and proponent of educational improvement is so important." -- --Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland "You will not read a more personal, passionate, and powerful account of social mobility. Hargreaves's moving life story offers universal lessons for us all. The boy from Accrington did good! --Lee Elliot Major, professor of social mobility, University of Exeter "Brilliant! Using humor, poignant storytelling, and scholarly argument, Andy Hargreaves presents us with his personal journey from humble roots as a young boy in northern England to his current status as a world-class educational leader in explaining the concept of social mobility. This book is a must-read for all individuals who want to understand the role of education in effecting social change such that there are reduced disparities in this world and greater equity and equality of opportunity for everyone. I am personally drawn to Andy's memoir due to similar geographic and educational beginnings in northern England. Everyone reading this book will see a part of themselves in Andy's story and reflect on the narrative to conside