1st Edition

Changing Schools Alternative Ways to Make a World of Difference

Edited By Terry Wrigley, Pat Thomson, Robert Lingard Copyright 2012
240 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Changing Schools places educational and social aims at the centre of a discussion of educational change. It draws on forteen case studies to explore school change which is oriented towards social justice and democracy. In an age of global mobility, economic polarization and unprecedented environmental and cultural challenges, the education of all children and young people to higher levels has... Read more

Introduction  1. Reimagining School Change: the Reasons For and necessity of Hope Pat Thomson, Bob Lingard and Terry Wrigley  2. Making a Difference through Philosophy (Australia) Lynne Hinton  3. Development processes in a laboratory school (Germany) Susanne Thurn  4. Curriculum Development and Thematic Learning ( Norway) Bjorn Bolstad  5. Educating in the Margins, Lessons for the Mainstream (Australia) Glenda McGregor, Martin Mills and Pat Thomson  6. Reflections of an Aboriginal School Principal: Leading Change in an Aboriginal School (Australia) Chris Sarra  7. Pedagogy of the Landless (Brazil) Roseli Salete Caldart and The Movement of Landless Workers, Brazil  8. The Promise of Place and Community-based Education (USA) Gregory A. Smith  9. Approaching School Change through ‘Learning Lives’ (Norway) Ola Erstad  10. Storythread Pedagogy for Environmental Education (Australia) Ron Tooth and Peter Renshaw  11. Creative Learning in an Inner-city Primary School (England) Pat Thomson and Lorna Rose  12. Talking Honestly in a Challenging Primary School (England) Lori Beckett and Jill Wood  13. Weaving the Web of Professional Practice (Australia) Nicole Mockler and Susan Groundwater -Smith  14. A fair go for low SES Students (Australia) Geoff Munns, Leonie Arthur, Margery Hertzberg, Wayne Sawyer and Katina Zammit  15. Using Critical Mathematics to Understand the Conditions of our Lives (USA) Eric (Rico) Gutstein  Conclusion  16. Resources for Changing Schools: ideas in and for Practice Terry Wrigley, Pat Thomson and Bob Lingard 

Biography

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.