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Transforming Schools

Creativity, Critical Reflection, Communication, Collaboration
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Transforming Schools explores innovative approaches to education by focusing on creativity, critical thinking, and future-oriented learning environments. Professors Miranda Jefferson and Michael Anderson propose strategies for reimagining and improving educational practices, aiming to better prepare students for an ever-evolving world. The book blends theoretical insights with practical guidance, making it a valuable resource for educators looking to foster meaningful transformation in school settings.
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You might enjoy this book if you're interested in innovative strategies for reshaping educational environments to better prepare students for the future. The authors present practical insights and real-world examples on modernising teaching practices, making it an inspiring read for educators and administrators seeking to create more dynamic, inclusive, and effective schools.

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Transforming Schools demonstrates how transformation is no longer an option in teaching and learning – it has become a necessity. Changes in the way we work and the challenges of issues such as climate change, poverty, and migration mean that teaching and learning need to alter to incorporate capacities that will help us meet those challenges.

The 4Cs: Creativity, Critical Reflection, Communication, and Collaboration have long been present in education, but Transforming Schools demonstrates how schools can change teaching and leadership to embed and enact the 4Cs to make them central to dynamic and exciting learning.

Miranda Jefferson and Michael Anderson demonstrate how a renewed approach to teaching that integrates the 4Cs can better equip today’s learners. They draw on their own international research and experiences in school transformation in a variety of school settings, working in partnership with practitioners, researchers, students, and the community. The authors consider how schools might reorganise themselves to become more relevant to their students and to the community.

Practical strategies for transformation are included throughout the chapters to demonstrate how learning can be supported and how the 4Cs can be made explicit in schools. These examples will support school leadership teams and teachers to explicitly teach the 4Cs in relevant and challenging ways. This book is essential reading for those looking to transform schools and more effectively meet the needs of today’s learners.

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Transforming Schools is praised for its comprehensive insights and relevance across the educational curriculum. Esteemed as potentially foundational in education, it effectively highlights creativity while linking it to learning theories, providing clarity on creative learning and teaching concepts.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781474232623

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 February 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Illustration: 11 bw illus

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 169.0mm

Height: 244.0mm

Weight: 398g

Pages: 224

About the Author

Miranda Jefferson is co-founder and innovative practice leader of 4C Transformative Learning and has been involved in leading innovation in schools for over 20 years. She leads programs, initiatives and research in curriculum reform, educational change and school transformation in several schools. Miranda is a Teaching Educator with the Catholic Education Office Parramatta, Australia.


Michael Anderson is Professor of Education at the University of Sydney, Australia. His research interests include school transformation, creativity and technology. Michael is co-founder and academic leader of 4C Transformative Learning and presents internationally to schools and other groups on transformation, creativity and learning.

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