Changing Schools

Alternative Ways to Make a World of Difference
Herausgeber: Wrigley, Terry; Lingard, Robert; Thomson, Pat

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book is directed at all who are concerned with progressive school change and the promotion of democratic citizenship and social justice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780415558600
• ISBN-10: 0415558603
• Artikelnr.: 32729978

Autorenporträt

Terry Wrigley is Visiting Professor of Education at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. Pat Thomson is Professor of Education in the School of Education at the University of Nottingham, UK. Bob Lingard is Professor in the School of Education at the University of Queensland, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Reimagining School Change: the Reasons For and necessity of
Hope 2. Making a Difference through Philosophy (Australia) 3. Development
processes in a laboratory school (Germany) 4. Curriculum Development and
Thematic Learning ( Norway) 5. Educating in the Margins, Lessons for the
Mainstream (Australia) 6. Reflections of an Aboriginal School Principal:
Leading Change in an Aboriginal School (Australia) 7. Pedagogy of the
Landless (Brazil) 8. The Promise of Place and Community-based Education
(USA) 9. Approaching School Change through 'Learning Lives' (Norway) 10.
Storythread Pedagogy for Environmental Education (Australia) 11. Creative
Learning in an Inner-city Primary School (England) 12. Talking Honestly in
a Challenging Primary School (England) 13. Weaving the Web of Professional
Practice (Australia) 14. A fair go for low SES Students (Australia) 15.
Using Critical Mathematics to Understand the Conditions of our Lives (USA)
Conclusion 16. Resources for Changing Schools: ideas in and for Practice