Changing Practices, Changing Education

<p>1.   Education: The need for revitalisation<br>Introduction<br>A new view of practices<br>Practices as formed in intersubjective spaces: semantic, material and social<br>   Changing practices requires transforming intersubjective spaces<br>A guiding question<br>The organisation of the book<br>The study<br>   Philosophical empirical inquiry<br>   The case studies<br>   Analysis<br>Conclusion<br>References</p><p>2.   Praxis, practice and practice architectures<br>Introduction<br>Praxis<br>Practice<br>   Language games, activities and practices<br>The theory of practice architectures<br>   Site ontologies<br>Conclusion <br>References</p><p>3.   Ecologies of practices<br>Introduction<br>Critiquing the notion of ‘ecologies of practice’<br>Ecologies of practices as ‘living’ systems<br>Ecologies of practices in the Education Complex<br>Concluding comments<br>References</p><p>4.   Student Learning: Learning practices<br>Introduction<br>Learning as initiation into practices<br>   Learning how to go on in practices: A Wittgensteinian view of learning<br>   Learning as being ‘stirred in’ to practices<br>Practice architectures and the practice of learning<br>   Sarah’s lesson: What did the students learn about and through writing expository texts? <br>   Annie’s moving diagram: Tracing a learning journey over time<br>   Analysis: Annie’s moving diagram<br>Practices of learning in ecologies of practices<br>   Student learning and teaching<br>   Student learning and professional learning<br>   Learning and leading<br>   Student learning and researching<br>Practices of learning and site based education development<br>Conclusion<br>References</p><p>5.   Teaching: Initiation into practices<br>Introduction<br>Practice architectures of teaching at Hillview<br>   Practice architectures of an inquiry approach to teaching<br>   Practice architectures of teaching at Hillview: An inquiry approach in Kindergarten<br>Practice architectures of teaching at Southwood: The community garden<br>Teaching practices in ecologies of practices<br>Practices of teaching and site based education development<br>Conclusion<br>References</p><p>6.   Professional learning as practice development<br>Introduction<br>Projects in professional learning for practice development<br>The practice architectures of professional learning as practice development<br>   Cultivating a culture of care and collaboration<br>   Exercising agentic collegial responsibility<br>   Deprivatising practice<br>Professional learning in ecologies of practices<br>   Connections between professional learning and teaching, leading and researching practices<br>Professional learning and site based education development<br>Conclusions<br>References</p><p>7.   Practising leading<br>Introduction<br>Practices architectures of leading<br>   Staff meetings as an intersubjective space for enabling practice development<br>   Site based leading practices<br>   Students’ leading practices<br>   Systemic leading practices<br>Site based leading: Leading practices in ecologies of practices<br>Conclusion<br>References</p><p>8.   Researching as a practice-changing practice<br>Introduction<br>Site based projects of researching practice<br>Practice architectures that enable researching practice: Northton SchoolPractice architectures that enable researching practice: Westville<br>Practice architectures that enable researching practice: Hillview School<br>Researching in ecologies of practices<br>   Ecological connections between the practices of researching, critically reflecting and evaluating<br>   The practices of researching shaping leading practices<br>   Researching (critically reflecting and evaluating) for- and as-professional learning<br>   Researching shaping changes to teaching practices<br>   Researching to improve student learning practices<br>Site based education development: Practices of researching fostering a praxis orientation<br>References</p><p>9.   Revitalising Education: Site based education development<br>Introduction<br>Some key findings<br>Site based educational development<br>What is site based education development?<br>Site based educational development in ecologies of practice<br>Site based education development: conclusions<br>References</p><p>Appendix:  Analysing practices using the theories of practice architectures and ecologies of practices: An example<br>Analysing practices using the practice architectures framework<br>Some notes about analysing social life using the theory of practice architectures<br>   A caveat<br>Transcript and analysis: Sarah’s lesson on expository text with a Year 5-6 class<br>   Episode 1: Introduction to the lesson: Review of past lessons on the topic<br>   Analysis of Episode 1<br>   Episode 2: Preparation for the task for this lesson: Writing an expository text<br>   Analysis: Episode 2<br>   Episode 3: Introducing the group task of writing an expository text<br>   Analysis: Episode 3<br>   Episode 4: Students work in groups to draft an expository text<br>   Analysis: Episode 4<br />   Episode 5: Representatives of groups report on their draft expository texts<br>   Analysis: Episode 5<br>Analysing practices using the theory of ecologies of practices<br>   Ecologies of practice evident or implied in Sarah’s lesson<br>Conclusion</p><p>References</p><p>Index</p>