Resources
Books and resources
Titus Alexander writes about critical issues to make a difference.
Scroll down for work on practical politics, citizenship, community development, education, family learning, world politics and more.
Six steps to increase your influence
Amplify your impact
This free guide shows create change by asking questions:
- How to be curious
- What’s below the tip of the iceberg?
- Six stages of a question-led campaign.
- Great questions to leverage change.
Secret insight: ask questions makes your adversary work for your campaign
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A short course for activists
Name the issue
Finding the right words for a problem brings it into the open.
How naming an opportunity or possibility can attract support and start a movement.
Secret insight: A good name puts your issue on the agenda.
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A short course for activists
Questions are more powerful than demands
How do you respond when people demand something from you?
- Do you give it to them?
- Or do you feel defensive and resist?
Secret insight: asking questions gets your adversary to work for your campaign.
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Lessons in Power & Democracy
Practical Politics
This is the first textbook on how to do politics, as a core subject for everyone in a democratic society, with chapters on schools, universities, civil society and whole life learning. It shows how students, teachers and the public anywhere in the world can learn how to use their power to change things for good.
An Overview of World Politics
Unravelling Global Apartheid
“The concept of “global apartheid” seems more real and stark than ever. I hope it [this book] receives the attention it merits.” Noam Chomsky
The profound parallels between minority rule in the present world order and apartheid South Africa are even more relevant in the age of Donald Trump than when this was published in 1996.
A contribution to the national skills strategy
Learning Power
A discussion paper and contribution to the national skills strategy
The Scarman Trust’s Can Do Learning programme (Jan 2005 – Dec 2006) shows why learning political skills can enable people to overcome poverty and social exclusion.
Plan your campaign journey
One page strategy diagram and 21 questions to help you bring about change.
Campaigning is OK!
They may not always like it, but it gets things done
Your guide to support for community action and advocacy
Report of nine roadshows across England on building capacity for campaigning for community organisations in 2009.
Transforming the way we teach our children
Education for a Change
This challenging, hard-hitting book is about making schooling relevant to modern society. It starts from the premise that our present education system is ill equipped to serve students and society in the twenty-first century. In a series of positive yet powerful and provocative chapters, the authors look at critical issues shaping schools today.
Campaigning for Learning/UNICEP
Citizenship Schools
A Practical Guide to Education for Citizenship and Personal Development
Home School Policies
A Practical Guide – Ideas and Strategies, INSET Exercises, Examples
Adult Education and Popular Planning
Value for People
Lessons from the Popular Planning Project to support community learning for change in Clapham-Battersea, London, from 1982 – 1986.
Bibliography
An incomplete bibliography of works by Titus Alexander
Education and citizenship
(2017) Practical Politics: Lessons in Power and Democracy, Trentham/UCL Institute of Education Press
(2013) Web literacy and global democracy, revised draft
(2012) Ed., Second Scarman Lecture: Nick Clegg & panel discussion, People Can (report)
(2011) From tools to transformation: report on the People Can Empowerment Programme, People Can
(2009) Campaigning is OK!: They may not always like it, but it works – ¬a guide to capacity building for campaigning by the voluntary sector, Novas Scarman Group
(2007) Learning Power: a contribution to the national skills strategy, Campaign for Learning
(2005) Ed. with Potter J Education for Change, Routledge/Taylor Francis, (TES book of the week)
(2005) Citizenship Schools, in Ed. Alexander, T & Potter J eds., Education for Change, Taylor Francis
(2004) Putting the ‘e’ into democratic schooling, in Emotional Literacy Update, Issue 6
(2002) Involving pupils in a citizenship curriculum audit and assessment, in PSHE & Citizenship Update, 22
(2001) Citizenship Schools, Campaign for Learning/Southgate, ISBN 1-903107-05-9
(2001) ed., The Seeds of Change, New Politics Network
(2000) Citizenship Schools: the new learning revolution, chapter in Lucas B & Greany T (2000) Schools in the Learning Age, Campaign for Learning, ISBN 1-903107-10-05
(1998) Chapter in Richards C and Taylor P H, How Shall We School Our Children: Primary Education and Its Future, Falmer Press, New Millennium Series
(1986) Value for People: Adult Education and Popular Planning, ILEA/ Clapham Battersea AEI
(1986) Working for Change: How Adult Education Can Help, an article in NATFE Journal
(1985) White Institutions, Black Exclusion: race equality in Wandsworth, Rates Study Group
(1986) Across Institutional Barriers, chapter in Conference Report of International League for Social Commitment in Adult Education, ILSCAE
(1975) Know University: An Alternative Prospect for Universities, Student Community Action Project
Family learning and personal development
(2005) with Goldman R, Parent Information Point: Next Steps, Development study for a national rollout, National Family & Parenting Institute, ISBN 1 903615 37 2
(2004) with Coleman J & Pick R, A Parent Information Point Toolkit, NFPI (ISBN 1 903615 32 1)
(2005) Learning Families, in Ed. Alexander, T & Potter J eds., Education for Change, Routledge/Taylor Francis,
(2003) contribution to The Good Practice Guide for Family Learning, North West London Learning Partnership
(1997) Family Learning: foundation of effective education, Demos, ISBN 1 898309 98 1
(1997) Self-esteem Directory, Smallwood Publications,
(1997) Empowering Parents: families as foundation of a learning society, PESF (ISBN 1-900990-17-2)
(1997) Empowering parents as educators in The Parenting Forum Newsletter, Issue 8, (ISSN 1361-1569)
(1995) with Beresford, E & Bastiani, J Home-school Policies: A practical guide, JET publications, (1995) with Clyne P, Riches Beyond Price: Making the most of family learning, NIACE (ISBN 1 872941 69 9)
Global issues
(2005) Learning, the Web and Global Citizenship, Development Education Journal, Vol. 11.3,
(2003) research contributions to Kovach, H, Neligan, C and Burrall, S Power without Accountability: Global Accountability Report, One World Trust;
(2002) with Newell Jones, K., The Global Learning Challenge: strengthening global perspectives in lifelong learning, DEA, (ISBN 1 9000109 18 2)
(2002) In the name of the people: Strengthening global accountability, One World Trust,
(1999) Ballin B, Griffin H, & Alexander T, Building Blocks for Global Learning: PSHE in the Early Years, Global Education Derby, ISBN 0953560503
(1996) Unravelling Global Apartheid: an overview of world politics – Polity Press, commissioned by Prof Anthony Giddens and still used as a university text book
Plays
Life of Aubrey Beardsley, performed by Christopher Pope, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 1972
Efile’s Rightual, Performed at Sussex University, 1972
What are you Fighting For, Dr Semelweis, 1969, Performed at Edinburgh Rudolf Steiner School
Stories for Children
Sunray
City of Children