1st Edition
Exemplary Teachers of Students in Poverty
Foreword Professor Bob Lingard 1: A Fair Go in Education Joanne Orlando and Wayne Sawyer 2: Student Engagement: The Research Methodology and the Theory Geoff Munns and Wayne Sawyer 3: Teaching in Low Socio-economic Status Communities Geoff Munns, Caroline Hatton and Shirley Gilbert 4: Learning and Behaviour Geoff Munns 5: Introducing Four of the Teachers Geoff Munns, Margery Hertzberg, Mary Mooney and Katina Zammit 6: Teacher Backgrounds Anne Power, Les Vozzo and Leonie Pares 7: Professional Qualities of the Teachers Leonie Pares, Les Vozzo and Anne Power 8: What Exemplary Teachers do Wayne Sawyer, Jon Callow, Geoff Munns and Katina Zammit 9: Literacies in Challenging Contexts Katina Zammit and Jon Callow 10: Imagination, Creativity and Intellectual Quality Bronwyn Cole, Mary Mooney and Anne Power 11: Engaging Teaching Practices with Technology in Low SES Schools Joanne Orlando 12. Culturally Responsive Pedagogical Practices Leonie Arthur and Margery Hertzberg 13: Exploring Place and Sharing Control Leonie Arthur, Leonie Pares and Les Vozzo 14: Student Voice(s) Bronwyn Cole, Mary Mooney and Phil Nanlohy 15: A New Monday Morning and Beyond Fair Go Team
Biography
Geoff Munns is a researcher at the University of Western Sydney, Australia, and leader of the Fair Go Program, actively working to make schools and classrooms more productive for students in poverty.
Wayne Sawyer is Director of Research in the School of Education at the University of Western Sydney, Australia, and a member of the Centre for Educational Research.
Bronwyn Cole is an Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor in Education at the University of Western Sydney, Australia, and a founding member of the Fair Go Program.
'In every sense the book represents the ways in which schooling can be conducted as an enlightened enterprise that is mutually transformative for teachers and students alike.' - Susan Groundwater-Smith, Honorary Professor of Education, University of Sydney, Australia
