Redesigning Student Learning in Secondary School

John Dewar Wilson began his career as a teacher of English in a secondary school in Scotland in the 1960s, He has held: positions as lecturer in education at University of Aberdeen1964-69, Principal lecturer in Education at Moray House College of Education 1970 to 1990. And was Foundation Professor of Education at Victoria University, Melbourne 1992-2000. Today John works as an international consultant.

1 Introduction. Part 1: Traditional systems 2. Defining secondary schooling: The ‘industrial’ system of schooling. 3. The teacher experience of traditional schooling. 4. The student experience of traditional schooling. Part 2: Contemporary secondary schooling systems: Restructure and redesign 5. Secondary schooling expanded and restructured: Lower secondary. 6. Secondary schooling restructured: Upper secondary. 7. Schooling redesigned on a ‘market’ model: Australia, UK and USA. 8.Schooling redesigned on a humanist model: Finland Part 3: Redesigning secondary schooling. Introduction. 9. Teaching as a personalized service. 10. Students as school citizens. 11.Transformative learning. 12.Design-based research and subject learning. 13.Collaborative teaching and learning. 14.System and school redesign: some examples. 15. A strategy for institutional redesign. 16. Endnote