Much of the literature on leadership within education has centred on the heroic leader.
Despite recent approaches moving away from trait and behavioural theories, the centrality of …

Much of the literature on leadership within education has centred on the heroic leader.
Despite recent approaches moving away from trait and behavioural theories, the centrality of …

The theory of practice architectures is a useful theoretical, methodological and analytical tool
for educational research. The use of the theory is emerging as germane in early childhood …

In this article, we explore the practices of school librarians with a specific focus on norm
critical pedagogy, a distinctively Scandinavian concept with a basis in critical pedagogies. In …

This book is about the practices of leading and their arrangements in a range of
contemporary educational contexts. It seeks to shift the traditional, individual, and role-based …

This Special Issue began taking shape in the editors' minds during a presentation by the
editors of Professional Development in Education at the 2019 European Conference for …

This chapter introduces practice theory and different views of what practices are. The
chapter then argues that transforming social life—including in education and other …

Reading comprehension is essential to the experience of becoming a reader (DfE, 2013;
DfE, 2023) but reading comprehension remains a complex construct (Oakhill, 2020). Much …

Leaders have a powerful influence on the quality of early childhood education (ECE)
programs. In turn, high-quality ECE programs have a formidable impact on children's …

This thesis uses a practice theory perspective to problematise previous conceptualisations
of evaluative judgement in higher education. Using an ethnographic approach, this thesis …