How to Get Your School Moving and Improving

Author(s): Steve Dinham

Publisher: ACER Press 2008

How to Get Your School Moving and Improving is based on over three decades of experience and research by Professor Steve Dinham in all aspects of teaching, learning and school leadership. It cuts through the clouds of ‘fashion, fad, jargon and ideology’ to show what research has revealed about what really works and adds value in all schools in the twenty-first century.

Aimed at professionals at any stage of their career seeking to improve teaching and learning, this book highlights relevant research from educators and students in many schools across a variety of countries, along with short case studies and vignettes to add detail, richness and authenticity.

Professor Steve Dinham is Research Director, Teaching, Learning and Leadership, at the Australian Council for Educational Research in Melbourne. He is also Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne and Visiting Professorial Fellow at the University of Wollongong.

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This very important book makes a significant contribution to the literature on school improvement, particularly the improvement of learning, teaching and leadership....I strongly urge you to read it. You owe it to the precious children in our Australian schools.

Emeritus Professor Patrick Duignan
National President, Australian Council for Educational Leaders

In this book, Steve Dinham has brought together years of sustained research into the lives of students, teachers and school leaders. As one of Australia's foremost academics in education, Steve has developed a thesis that places students at the heart and signals the importance of quality teaching, school leadership and professional learning.

Christine Cawsey
Deputy President NSW Secondary Principals' Council
Principal, Rooty Hill High School

Evidence shows the power of effective leadership to influence the quality of teaching and learning ... Of the many books written about teaching, learning and leadership, it is rare for a book to make connections across these quite different fields of study. Steve Dinham has achieved this admirably.

Professor Alma Harris
Pro Director (Leadership) Institute of Education, London, UK

Professor Dinham, one of Australia's leading educators, leads us on a personal journey through the research, scholarship, and the pragmatics of teaching, learning and educational leadership that have mattered, and continue to matter, deeply to him — as both a participant and an observer ...

He does not camouflage his ideas and experience with polysyllabic jargon; he writes plainly in a personal voice which speaks directly to the reader.

Dr Paul Brock
Director, Learning and Development
Research Office of the Director-General
NSW Department of Education and Training

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