DR PETER GROOTENBOER was a school teacher and leader for 12 years before moving into the tertiary sector. He received a national Jim Campbell Award for teaching excellence. He is now an Associate Professor of Education at Griffith University and the Deputy Director of the Griffith Institute for Educational Research. His recent co-authored books include Changing Practices, Changing Education and Mathematics, Affect and Learning. His research interests include practice/praxis theory, mathematics education, educational leadership, action research and issues of educational social justice.
DR CHRISTINE EDWARDS-GROVES is Senior Lecturer (Literacy) and co-leader of the Speech, Language and Literacy research strand in the Research Institute for Professional Practice, Learning and Education (RIPPLE) at Charles Sturt University. Her research focuses on classroom interaction and literacy pedagogies, teacher professional development, action research andpractice theory. Christine is Australian coordinator and co-leader of the International Pedagogy, Education and Praxis research network (PEP) and co-chair of the Global Assembly of Action Research Networks. She is currently a lead investigator on a national literacy project investigating dialogic pedagogies and practices in primary schools. DR SAROJNI CHOY is an Associate Professor of Professional, Continuing and Vocational Education at Griffith University. Her research and writing focus on workplace learning, curriculum, continuing education and training, work-integrated learning, workforce capacity building, action research and practice theory. She serves on the editorial boards of international journals and is a regular reviewer for international journals and international conferences in vocational education.

Draws together leading practice theorists in education to discuss developments and insights

Addresses the key elements of the 'Education Complex' of practices that include leadership, teaching, student learning, professional development and research

Introduces and explains practice theory and its application in a variety of education contexts

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Chapter 1 Practice Theory and Education: Diversity and Contestation.- Chapter 2 Practices and Learning.- Chapter 3 Learning a Being 'Stirred in' to Practices.- Chapter 4 Theorising the Co-occurence of Remaking Occupational Practices and their Learning.- Chapter 5 Practice, the Body and Pedagogy: Attuning as a Basis for Pedagogies of the Unknown.- Chapter 6 Practice Architectures of University Education.- Chapter 7 Educational Practice as Praxis: Understanding and Challenging Neoliberal Conditions in University Settings.- Chapter 8 Teaching Practice in Australian Vocational Education and Training: A Practice Theory Analysis.- Chapter 9 Learning Practices: Financial Literacy in an Aboriginal Community.- Chapter 10 Teaching and Learning as Social Interaction: Salience and Relevance in Classroom Lesson Practices? Chapter 11 Teacher Research: A Knowledge-Producing Profession?.- Chapter 12 Reclaiming Education in Educational Leadership.- Chapter 13 Leading from the Milddle: A Praxis-Oriented Practice.- Chapter 14 Provoking a (re)newed: Frontier in Theorising Educational Practice.