{"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\/products\/literacy-leading-and-learning-by-pat-thomson-9781138893436","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}