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Her books explore practical strategies for improving educational environments and fostering meaningful change within schools.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders will find thoughtful analysis and guidance grounded in contemporary challenges and opportunities, making her collection essential for educators, administrators, and anyone passionate about shaping the future of learning. \u003cem\u003eTransforming Education\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLeadership for School Transformation\u003c\/em\u003e exemplify her commitment to advancing the field.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"transforming-education-by-professor-miranda-jefferson-9781350130074","title":"Transforming Education","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorking away from trends in government policy, \u003cem\u003eTransforming Education\u003c\/em\u003e takes a future-oriented re-imagining of schools with a focus on four innate human capacities: collaboration, critical reflection, communication, and creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMiranda Jefferson and Michael Anderson draw together examples of practice from around the world to provide a reimagining of education. They show how our schools can be sustainably transformed to be places of support, challenge, and joy in learning, responsive to students’ needs and the needs in our workplaces and wider society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders are empowered to use knowledge and experience to create the reality they would like to see in their school, building engaged, innovative, and active learning, pedagogy curriculum, and leadership.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKey ideas are summarised at the end of each chapter along with an extensive referencing and bibliography, and a supporting glossary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083047616748,"sku":"9781350130074","price":63.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/19213023482668.jpg?v=1765279965"},{"product_id":"transforming-schools-by-professor-miranda-jefferson-9781474232623","title":"Transforming Schools","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTransforming Schools\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 4Cs: Creativity, Critical Reflection, Communication, and Collaboration have long been present in education, but \u003ci\u003eTransforming Schools\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how schools can change teaching and leadership to embed and enact the 4Cs to make them central to dynamic and exciting learning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMiranda 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePractical 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. 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It explains how creativity, critical reflection, communication, and collaboration (the 4Cs) power transformation, and how values and context serve as essential structural pillars providing ethical direction and ensuring leadership is responsive to each school's unique environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book directly addresses the crucial question: \u003cem\u003ehow can leaders become transformative leaders?\u003c\/em\u003e It illuminates how the 4Cs foster both courageous individual leadership and leadership-as-practice. 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