TRANSFORMING EDUCATION
BY MIRANDA JEFFERSON AND MICHAEL ANDERSON
Working away from trends in government policy, this book takes a future-oriented re-imagining of schools with a focus on four innate human capacities: collaboration, critical reflection, communication and creativity. Miranda Jefferson and Michael Anderson draw together examples of practice from around the world, including Australia, France, New Zealand and Spain, to provide a reimagining of education. They show how our schools can be sustainably transformed to be places of support, challenge and joy in learning, responding to student's needs and the needs in our workplaces and wider society. Readers are empowered to use knowledge and experience to build the reality they would like to see in their school, building engaged, innovative and active learning, pedagogy curriculum and leadership.
Key ideas are summarised at the end of each chapter along with an extensive referencing and bibliography, and a supporting glossary.
Reviews
“Perhaps now more than ever, we need to re-imagine what's possible for education. Making changes to education is, of course, no easy task. Transforming Education offers both a vision and concrete direction for moving the shared project of education in new and more promising directions.” – Ronald A. Beghetto, Pinnacle West Presidential Chair and Professor, Arizona State University, USA
“An informative and inspiring book with a future-oriented vision based on 4Cs. A recommended and relevant reading for principals and school educators who would like to make a difference towards quality schooling for our children and beyond.” – John Chi-Kin Lee, Chair Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, Education University of Hong Kong, China
TRANSFORMING SCHOOLS
BY MIRANDA JEFFERSON AND MICHAEL ANDERSON
Our book is the culmination of many years of research combined with real-life classroom experience. Readers will gain an understanding of how 4C methodology works and how it can be applied to any learning environment.
Reviews
“Transforming Schools offers countless insights, making it relevant to all areas of the curriculum... This is a thorough and thoughtful book on a much-needed topic. This book is poised to become a seminal work in the field of education.” – George Belliveau, Professor of Language and Literacy Education, University of British Columbia, Canada
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