Overview
Examines critical perspectives on educational practice and action research
Brings together contributions from internationally renowned experts in curriculum theory, practice theory and critical participatory action research
Provides a unique history of research and development in relation to curriculum and evaluation and practice theory and their connection to contemporary education practices, environmental and cultural sustainability
Offers a critical stance for practitioners to assess contemporary global education practices in relation to their professional practice
Provides a current bibliography of published works drawing on The Theory of Practice Architectures
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book is a Festschrift for Emeritus Professor Stephen Kemmis, who has a long and eminent career as an educational researcher and academic spanning over 40 years. His work in curriculum, evaluation, critical practice, action research and practice theory has been influential across all continents of the world.
The book examines critical perspectives on educational practice and the participatory nature of action research, including practitioner research particularly as undertaken by teachers in schools. Including vignettes from Kemmis’ colleagues and mentors, it draws on contributions from a range of academics whose scholarship has been inspired, influenced and initiated by his work. The chapters stem from a range of countries, including Australia, Canada, Finland, weden, the United Kingdom, United States of America, and Trinidad and Tobago - a testimony to the enduring and global legacy of Kemmis’ scholarship. Contributing authors include leading educational research scholars, indigenous elders from Australia, and community leaders concerned with environmental sustainability.
The concluding focus of this book turns towards practice theory. Kemmis’ later work led to the development of the theory of practice architectures and gave rise to the development of the theory of ecologies of practices in education. Research drawing on the theory of practice architectures and ecologies of practices resulted in the leading text “Changing practices, changing education” (Kemmis, Wilkinson, Edwards-Groves, Hardy, Grootenboer & Bristol, 2014, Springer) that reports on an Australian investigation of the ecological relationship between student learning, teaching, professional learning, leading and researching practices.This theory is now being applied to study practices across a wide range of international contexts, sites and disciplines including early childhood, school education, university education, vocational education and training, community environment, indigenous cultural sustainability and health.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Peter Grootenboer was a school teacher and leader for 12 years before moving into the tertiary sector. Having received a national Jim Campbell Award for teaching excellence, he is currently a Professor of Education at Griffith University and Deputy Director of the Griffith Institute for Educational Research. His research interests include mathematics education, educational leadership, practice/praxis theory, and action research.
Jane Wilkinson is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia and Associate Dean of Graduate Research. Jane has published widely in the fields of practice theory and praxis, Bourdieu and leadership; gender and leadership; and refugee education. Jane edits the Journal of Educational Administration and History (with J.S. Brooks). Her latest book (with Laurette Bristol, 2018) is Educational Leadership as a culturally constructed practice: New directions and possibilities.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Education in an Era of Schooling
Book Subtitle: Critical perspectives of Educational Practice and Action Research. A Festschrift for Stephen Kemmis
Editors: Christine Edwards-Groves, Peter Grootenboer, Jane Wilkinson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2053-8
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-2052-1Published: 22 September 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4725-2Published: 19 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-2053-8Published: 07 September 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 282
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations
Topics: Research Methods in Education, Learning & Instruction, Schools and Schooling, Curriculum Studies