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Transforming Practices: Changing the World with the Theory of Practice Architectures (Springer Texts in Education) - Softcover

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Kemmis, Stephen

 
9789811689727: Transforming Practices: Changing the World with the Theory of Practice Architectures (Springer Texts in Education)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9811689725 ISBN 13: 9789811689727
Publisher: Springer, 2022

Synopsis

This textbook shows how people can and do transform the world through transforming their practices and the practice architectures that shape them, and contributes to contemporary practice theory. It provides an authoritative, comprehensive, and contemporary account of the theory of practice architectures, illustrated through examples drawn from years of research by participants in the Pedagogy, Education, and Praxis international research network from Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Colombia, and the Caribbean. Its content provides a variety of resources for researchers who are new to research using the theory of practice architectures. It includes tables to assist with the analysis of practices, and provides clear examples to aid understanding and application. This textbook provides readers with a thorough grounding in the theory and ways the theory of practice architectures has been used in investigations of social and educational practice.

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About the Author

Stephen Kemmis is Professor Emeritus of Charles Sturt University, New South Wales, and of Federation University, Victoria, Australia. He researches and writes about education, practice theory, especially the theory of practice architectures, and critical participatory action research. Stephen has published widely on education, educational research, case study methods in education, educational evaluation, educational reform, and the theory of practice architectures as a theory for understanding and transforming educational and social practices.

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This textbook shows how people can and do transform the world through transforming their practices and the practice architectures that shape them, and contributes to contemporary practice theory. It provides an authoritative, comprehensive, and contemporary account of the theory of practice architectures, illustrated through examples drawn from years of research by participants in the Pedagogy, Education, and Praxis international research network from Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Colombia, and the Caribbean. Its content provides a variety of resources for researchers who are new to research using the theory of practice architectures. It includes tables to assist with the analysis of practices, and provides clear examples to aid understanding and application. This textbook provides readers with a thorough grounding in the theory and ways the theory of practice architectures has been used in investigations of social and educational practice.

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Publisher
Springer
Publication date
2022
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9811689725
ISBN 13 
9789811689727
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
257