Working with Uncertainty for Educational Change - Orientations for Professional Practice

Working with Uncertainty for Educational Change explores the liberating possibilities for those who seek to embrace existing research into uncertainty and complexity at diverse levels in the world of education.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Perspectives on complexity within educational systems
PART I: Challenging discourses of certainty
2. Research in schools and the lure of the transcendent
3. A sociomaterial approach to teacher resilience
4. School improvement as narrative: Telling tales on the road from the definitive to the provisional
5. Some glimpses into the uncertain comforts of 'new' educational theories and practices: Canadian reflections
PART II: Conditions of possibility for practice
6. Curriculum for Wales: Learning from medical education
7. Educative leadership - prioritising learning, getting comfortable with uncertainty and privileging relationships - reflections for leaders in education
8. Navigating curriculum uncertainty for teacher agency
9. New materialist and diffractive perspectives on pedagogy and practice in early childhood science education
10. Margins of manoeuvrability for inclusive education

About the author

Carmel Conn is Associate Professor in Inclusive Pedagogy at the University of South Wales, UK.
Bethan Mitchell is Senior Lecturer and Course Leader at the University of South Wales, UK.
Matt Hutt is Head of Professional Learning in Education at the University of South Wales, UK.

Summary

Working with Uncertainty for Educational Change explores the liberating possibilities for those who seek to embrace existing research into uncertainty and complexity at diverse levels in the world of education.

Product details

• Assisted by: Carmel Conn (Editor), Conn Carmel (Editor), Matt Hutt (Editor), Matthew Hutt (Editor), Bethan Mitchell (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.09.2024
• EAN: 9781032688794
• ISBN: 978-1-03-268879-4
• No. of pages: 188
• Weight: 408 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Professional Development, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Organization & management of education, teacher training, Educational administration and organization, Educational strategies & policy, Pre-school & kindergarten, Pre-school and kindergarten, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Teacher Training & Certification