{"title":"Barbara Comber","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarbara Comber\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the vital intersections of literacy, leadership, and educational practice, offering insightful perspectives for educators and researchers alike. Her works delve into how effective leadership can transform teaching and learning environments, with a particular focus on literacy development within classrooms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders will find thoughtful analysis and practical approaches grounded in contemporary educational theory, making her books essential for anyone engaged in shaping and understanding learning communities. Comber's writing is both accessible and compelling, inviting reflection on the ways in which education can be led and sustained.\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":626.0,"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.pro\/collections\/barbara-comber.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}