Transforming Schools 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. The 4Cs:
Creativity, Critical Reflection, Communication and Collaboration have
long been present in education, but Transforming Schools demonstrates
how schools can change teaching and leadership to embed and enact the
4Cs to make them central to dynamic and exciting learning.
Miranda 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.
Practical 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. This book is essential reading for those looking
to transform schools and more effectively meet the needs of today's
learners.
