The Student Voice Handbook

For UK and international teachers, policy makers, academics, teacher educators, and graduate students in education, Czerniawski and Kidd (education, U. of East London, UK) draw together 34 essays by researchers, academics, classroom teachers, and learners in Europe, the US, China, and Australia who describe the Student Voice movement to involve learners in democratic decision making. They detail local, national, and international case studies from early childhood to higher education and lifelong learning to special education that address theories, research methodologies, and practical issues. Cases describe the history of voice and its association with liberatory social movements of the twentieth century; factors behind the recent interest in the movement; the moral purpose and underlying philosophy of the British Every Child Matters initiative and its relationship to voice; the role of citizenship in school communities; specific teaching strategies; professional and learning partnerships that allow teachers to learn from learners through curriculum, co-planning of lessons, and professional development; and global perspectives from the US, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Australia, Sweden, China, and Brazil. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)