‘The Forth Way – The Inspiring Future for Educational Change’ by Andy Hargreaves and Dennis Shirley weighs in at a short but insightful hundred pages. Hargreaves and Shirley from Boston College present a broad overview of the evolution of Western education since WWII, and then outline what they believe is the next step – the Fourth Way. Drawing heavily on Anthony Giddens, they describe the various stages that education has passed through. Their focus is primarily on the UK, US, and Europe, but they occasionally mention Australian and New Zealand. They trace the evolution from the First Way (innovation and inconsistency), through the … Continue reading The Fourth Way: The Inspiring Future for Educational Change