Rewilding Education

Rewilding Education calls for a radical, system-wide reinvention of education as an adaptable ecosystem; less predictable and measurable, but far more suitable for shaping the adults of tomorrow.

Hilary Cremin is a Professor in Education Peace and Conflict and Head of the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge, UK. Hilary has also published Positive Peace in Schools: Tackling Conflict and Creating a Culture of Peace in the Classroom (2017, Routledge) and Debates in Citizenship Education (2012, Routledge) amongst others. Hilary has worked in the public, private and voluntary sector as a schoolteacher, educational consultant, project coordinator and academic.

Introduction Part One: What's wrong with schools? Chapter One: In the death throes of modernity? Chapter Two: Tunnel vision and neglect of the climate emergency Chapter Three: Making us ill Chapter Four: Reproducing inequality Part Two: Rewilding education Chapter Five: Why rewilding? Chapter Six: Valuing wisdom Chapter Seven: Nature as teacher Chapter Eight: Health, engagement, practical wisdom and an arts-based mindset Chapter Nine: Education for peace, justice and inclusion Conclusion Rewilding Education: Letters to my readers