A practical booklet for anyone working to increase children's educational chances. It highlights the contrast between the almost universal belief in the value of education with the depressing quality of schooling actually provided; and gives examples of how to improve the school experience for children even in the most deprived situations.

Bringing together experience from many different contexts around the world, it identifies key principles for supporting children's learning. It argues for a school experience that is relevant to children's lives, the encouragement of learning through activity, education systems that are inclusive and developmental, and recognition of the vital role of positive adult-child relationships.

ISBN 1 89912 069 6
A4 64pages
Save the Children, 1998

Translated into Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, French, Russian, Chinese, Burmese, Hindi, Pharsee, Pushtu

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