Applied Critical Leadership in Education - Choosing Change

Applied Critical Leadership in Education provides an innovative way for aspiring and practicing educational leaders to think about and apply leadership practice suited for the educational challenges of today.

Changing Trajectories of Teaching and Learning

The chosen theme of this volume, "Changing Trajectories of Teaching and Learning", encompasses the Faculty's strong research presence in ongoing teacher learning and in raising student achievement, particularly in lower decile schools and in the area of...

Christine Rubie-Davies' Becoming A High Expectation Teacher

We constantly hear cries from politicians for teachers to have high expectations. But what this means in practical terms is never spelled out. Simply deciding that as a teacher you will expect all your students to achieve more than other classes you have...

Complexity Thinking in Physical Education: Reframing Curriculum, Pedagogy and Research

This book highlights how the considerable theoretical promise of complexity can be reflected in the actual policies, pedagogies and practices of physical education.

Expanding Oral Language in the Classroom by Jannie van Hees

ÒThink-aloudsÓ, Òword-wow momentsÓ, Òthumbs upÓ, Òcamera cameosÓ, Òthink, prepare, shareÓ are all part of the rich variety of strategies for expanding oral language in the classroom that Jannie van Hees describes. Her book is about why, and how, teachers...

Leadership and Learning

This book focuses on the relationship between leadership and learning for the education community. It draws together a wealth of knowledge and research in the field across a variety of contexts, such as system leadership, professional learning...

Leading Professional Learning-Practical strategies for impact in schools

Making Classroom Assessment Work NZ Edition

In simple and easy to follow steps, Making Classroom Assessment Work shows how teachers can make the shift to using assessment to boost learning. When teachers show what needs to be achieved, give the responsibility to students for self-assessing, and...

Practitioner Research for Educators: A Guide to Improving Classrooms and Schools

Each school and classroom is different. Therefore educators must learn, through their own inquiry, how to adjust their practices in ways that will improve teaching and learning. Practitioner Research for Educators explains how the popular technique of...

Reduce Change to Increase Improvement

By drilling down to the beliefs and values that inform the actual practice of change leaders, Robinson identifies the mindset, processes, and actual behaviours that contribute to successful reform efforts and, importantly, provide school leaders with...

Student-Centered Leadership

Student-Centered Leadership offers a timely and thoughtful resource for school leaders who want to turn their ideals into action. Written by educational leadership expert Viviane Robinson, the book shows leaders how they can make a bigger difference to...

Task-Based Language Teaching from the Teacher's Perspective

Task-based language teaching (TBLT) by Martin East, is being encouraged as part of a major overhaul of the entire school languages curriculum in NZ. However, teachers often struggle with understanding what TBLT is, and how to make TBLT work in...