{"title":"Robert Hattam","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Hattam\u003c\/strong\u003e offers insightful explorations into the world of education, focusing on literacy and leadership within learning environments. His works engage deeply with contemporary challenges and strategies, making them valuable resources for educators and researchers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful analysis and practical perspectives that shed light on how effective leadership intersects with literacy development. These books are essential for anyone seeking to understand and improve educational practices.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"literacy-leading-and-learning-by-pat-thomson-9781138893436","title":"Literacy, Leading and Learning","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow might educational leaders and teachers improve literacy achievement in schools serving communities experiencing high levels of poverty? This question is the focus of \u003cem\u003eLiteracy, Leading and Learning\u003c\/em\u003e. Drawing on long-term case studies of four primary schools located in these communities, this book describes the difference between what is commonly practised and those practices that have a greater chance of supporting young people’s literacy learning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this multi-layered analysis of the effects of policy on practice, the authors: discuss global concerns with literacy policy and testing in view of the growing gaps between rich and poor; examine the effects of the intensification of inequality and entrenched poverty, and the implications for schools; illustrate how deficit discourses pertaining to communities living in poverty are contested in schools; and describe the complexities of sustaining pedagogical and curriculum change to address the problem of unequal educational outcomes in literacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book grapples with some of the most debated questions regarding educational disadvantage, school change, leadership and literacy pedagogy that face educational researchers, policy-makers and practitioners internationally. As well as providing a critique of the risks of current policy rationales, it conveys some hopeful accounts of practice that provide leads for further development.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47606403760364,"sku":"9781138893436","price":341.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781138893436-literacy-leading-and-learning.jpg?v=1778153493"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/robert-hattam.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}