Product reviews for Teaching: Notes from the Front Line

This is a thought provoking work by Debra Kidd, which challenges the reader to reflect upon current practice in order to re-kindle personal and professional trust to regain control of the direction of education and policy. The author directs her range of arguments against the current structure of education, with the emphasis by politicians on results and international comparisons of performance . In particular she highlights the use of education as a vehicle to capture the hearts and minds of the electorate as a vehicle to promote political agendas This book will enlighten all teachers at the “coal face” with regard to the current problems facing education. The author refers to the current period as “a dark time in education” and the need for a revolution in pedagogy.