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Schools and Cultural Citizenship: Arts Education for Life (2023)
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Thomson, P., & Hall, C. (2023). Schools and Cultural Citizenship: Arts Education for Life. Routledge

‘Why study the arts at school?’ This book offers a fresh perspective on this question. Informed by rigorous research, the book argues that the arts help young people to develop key skills, knowledge and practices that support them to become both crit... Read More about Schools and Cultural Citizenship: Arts Education for Life.

Language Narratives and Shifting Multilingual Pedagogies: English teaching from the South (2022)
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Mendelowitz, B., Ferreira, A., & Dixon, K. (2023). Language Narratives and Shifting Multilingual Pedagogies: English teaching from the South. Bloomsbury Publishing

This book challenges monoglossic ideologies, traditional language pedagogies and dominant forms of knowledge construction by foregrounding multilingual and multicultural students' language narratives, repertoires, and identities. The research is base... Read More about Language Narratives and Shifting Multilingual Pedagogies: English teaching from the South.

Classroom Talk in Practice: Teachers' Experiences of Oracy in Action (2022)
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Knight, R. (2022). Classroom Talk in Practice: Teachers' Experiences of Oracy in Action. Open University Press

Purposeful classroom talk, or oracy, is increasingly recognised as fundamental for supporting both personal and academic development and for enhancing genuine participation in learning. Based on classroom observations and interviews, this book offers... Read More about Classroom Talk in Practice: Teachers' Experiences of Oracy in Action.

Leading Educational Networks: Theory, Policy and Practice (2022)
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Greany, T., & Kamp, A. (2022). Leading Educational Networks: Theory, Policy and Practice. London: Bloomsbury Publishing

This book offers a global perspective on educational networks, reviewing theory and practice before setting out four lenses: educational effectiveness and improvement; governance theory; complexity theory; and Actor-Network Theory. Using these lenses... Read More about Leading Educational Networks: Theory, Policy and Practice.

Learning by Design and Second Language Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practice (2022)
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Zapata, G. C. (2022). Learning by Design and Second Language Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practice. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003106258

Learning by Design and Second Language Teaching establishes theoretical, research, and practice connections between the multiliteracies framework Learning by Design and L2 teaching and learning.   A comprehensive introductory chapter presents th... Read More about Learning by Design and Second Language Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practice.

Local Literacies in Early Childhood: Inequalities in place, policy and pedagogy (2021)
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Smith, H. V. (2021). Local Literacies in Early Childhood: Inequalities in place, policy and pedagogy. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003032052

This book contributes to current debates about the importance of early literacy and the different ways that literacy resources offer support to parents with young children. It sheds light on the impact of policy discourse and austerity measures on co... Read More about Local Literacies in Early Childhood: Inequalities in place, policy and pedagogy.

Matarenda/Talents in Zimbabwean Pentecostalism: Empowerment, Gender and Development in an African Movement (2021)
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Chingarande, S. D., Thondhlana, J., Madziva, R., & Anderson, A. H. (Eds.). (2021). Matarenda/Talents in Zimbabwean Pentecostalism: Empowerment, Gender and Development in an African Movement. The Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers

In Matarenda/Talents in Zimbabwean Pentecostalism, the fourteen contributors to this multidisciplinary collection reflect on how Pentecostalism contributes to the empowerment of marginalised societies, how it empowers women in particular through the... Read More about Matarenda/Talents in Zimbabwean Pentecostalism: Empowerment, Gender and Development in an African Movement.