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Zusatztext '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 Informationen zum Autor 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 . Zusammenfassung This book locates itself in international debates about education and poverty and reports on a project conducted into the work of a number of teachers who were successful at engaging students from poor backgrounds. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: A Fair Go in Education 2: Student Engagement: The Research Methodology and the Theory 3: Teaching in Low Socio-economic Status Communities 4: Learning and Behaviour 5: Introducing Four of the Teachers 6: Teacher Backgrounds 7: Professional Qualities of the Teachers 8: What Exemplary Teachers do 9: Literacies in Challenging Contexts 10: Imagination, Creativity and Intellectual Quality 11: Engaging Teaching Practices with Technology in Low SES Schools 12. Culturally Responsive Pedagogical Practices 13: Exploring Place and Sharing Control 14: Student Voice(s) 15: A New Monday Morning and Beyond
