Working with Uncertainty for Educational Change: Orientations for Professional Practice - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032688734 ISBN 13: 9781032688732

Publisher: Routledge, 2024

Synopsis

Working with Uncertainty for Educational Change explores the liberating possibilities for those who seek to embrace existing research into uncertainty and complexity at diverse levels in the world of education.

The lives of education professionals are built upon a multitude of decision-making events that frame each working day. With a range of expert contributors, this insightful book brings together varied perspectives on the nature of complexity within educational contexts, focusing particularly on the emotional work involved in change. Organised into two major parts, its first part focuses on the intellectual challenge of thinking about uncertainty by exploring the dominant discourses of certainty in the field of education. The second part, on the other hand, considers how we can embrace uncertainty within practice by exploring conditions that support reflection, agency and acceptance of ambiguity.

Presenting themes on a wide range of educational issues including curriculum, pedagogy, equity, leadership and professional learning, this book will appeal to teachers, educational leaders, practitioners and researchers as well as students on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes with an education focus.

About this title

About the Author

Carmel Conn is Associate Professor in Inclusive Pedagogy at the University of South Wales, UK.

Bethan Mitchell is Senior Lecturer and Course Leader at the University of South Wales, UK.

Matt Hutt is Head of Professional Learning in Education at the University of South Wales, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032688734
• ISBN 13: 9781032688732
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200
• Editor: Conn Carmel, Mitchell Bethan, Hutt Matt