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Transforming Education
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Miranda Jefferson and Michael Anderson
A reimagining of how our schools can be sustainably transformed to be places of support, challenge and joy in learning, meeting emergent needs in our workplaces and wider society.
This book takes a future-oriented approach to re-imagining schools with a focus on four innate human capacities: collaboration, critical reflection, communication and creativity. Working away from trends in government policy, Miranda Jefferson and Michael Anderson draw together a diverse range of case studies from around the world, including Australia, Canada, England, Hong Kong, Singapore and the USA, to provide a reimagining of education, showing how our schools can be sustainably transformed to be places of support, challenge and joy in learning, meeting emergent needs in our workplaces and wider society. Readers are guided to see themselves as agents of transformation, empowered to use knowledge and experience to build the reality they would like to see in their school, responding to their questions of diversity, inclusion, and community. A companion website includes links to additional resources, expanded audio/video interviews and activities.
Miranda Jefferson is co-founder and innovative practice leader of 4C Organizations and 4C Transformative Learning. She has been involved in leading innovation in organizations and schools for over 20 years. Michael Anderson is Professor of Education at the University of Sydney, Australia. He is co-founder and academic leader of 4C Organizations and 4C Transformative Learning.
Out Now • PB • 244 x 169mm • 272pp • 9781350130074 • AU$49.99 NZ$54.99
Transforming Schools
Miranda Jefferson and Michael Anderson
Also available! This practical bestseller uses research developed in schools to look at how collaboration, critical reflection, communication and creativity (the 4Cs) can support change in schools and make learning more relevant for today’s learners. Australian authors Miranda Jefferson and Michael Anderson draw on their own research and experiences in school transformation in a variety of school settings, working in partnership with practitioners, researchers, students and the community. The authors consider how schools might reorganise themselves to become more relevant to their students and to the community.
Out Now • PB • 244 x 169mm • 224pp • 9781474232623 • AU$52.99 NZ$58.99
Janice Wearmouth
An essential and thoroughly updated resource to enable teachers at all levels and others interested in education to understand more about the nature of special educational needs and disability (SEND), and ways to assess and address difficulties in classrooms and elsewhere.
Drawing on her wealth of experience and research, Janice Wearmouth explores a wide range of informal and standardised approaches to assess and address the most common forms of SEND: literacy and numeracy difficulties and behavioural concerns related to social, emotional and mental health. Publishes 16th December 2021 PB • 246 x 199mm • 400pp • 9781350173026 • AU$49.99 NZ$55.00
NEW FOR 2021
Across the Spectrum
Francine Brower and Keith MacKenzie Cox
A unique insight into the diverse presentations of autism in children and young people. Francine Brower and Keith MacKenzie Cox use their decades of experience to share real-life examples of the underlying characteristics of autism and the challenges individuals may face. Also included are a wealth of practical strategies to enable practitioners to provide effective support in both mainstream and special schools. Publishes 2nd November 2021 PB • 234 x 156mm • 208pp • 9781472984524 • AU$49.99 NZ$55.00
NEW FOR 2021
Susan O'Connor
100 Ideas for Early Years Practitioners: Supporting Children with SEND is a must-have resource filled with fun, creative and engaging multi-sensory activities and strategies to best support the learning and development of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
With ideas focusing on fine and gross motor skills, working memory, social skills, early speech and language skills, and self-esteem and wellbeing, these fun and engaging strategies will help Early Years practitioners meet the individual learning needs of children with SEND, including those with attention and behaviour difficulties, speech and language difficulties, early signs of dyslexia, autism and dyspraxia, and social and emotional difficulties.
Publishes 30th November 2021 PB • 198 x 129mm • 136pp • 9781472972354 • AU$39.99 NZ$45.00
