Research

What we are reading

 
Bolstad, R. & Gilbert, J. (2008). Disciplining and drafting, or 21st century learning? Rethinking the New Zealand senior secondary curriculum for the future. Wellington, NZ: NZCER Press.
 

Christensen, C. (2008). Disrupting class: How disruptive innovation will change the way the world learns. New York, N.Y.: McGraw Hill.

 
City, E., Elmore, R., Fiarman, S. & Teitel, L. (2009). Instructional rounds in education: A network approach to improving teaching and learning. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
 
Darling-Hammond, L., Meyerson, D., LaPointe, M. & Orr, M. (2010). Preparing principals for a changing world: Lessons from effective school leadership programs. San Franciso, CA: Jossey-Bass.
 

Darling-Hammond, L., Baron, B., Pearson, P.D., Schoenfeld, A., Stage, E., Zimmerman, T., Cervetti, G. & Tilson, J. (2008). Powerful learning: What we know about teaching for understanding. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

 
 
Darling-Hammond, L. & Bransford, J. (eds) (2005). Preparing teachers for a changing world: What teachers should learn and be able to do. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
 

Gilbert, J. (2005). Catching the knowledge wave? The Knowledge Society and the future of education. Wellington, NZ: NZCER Press.

 
Hargreaves, A. & Shirley, D. (2009). The fourth way: The inspiring future for educational change. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin
 
Hargreaves, A. & Fullan, M. (2009). Change wars. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree.
 
Leithwood, K, McAide, P, Bascia, N, & Rodrigue, A. (2006) Teaching for deep understanding: What every educator should know. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
 
Mulford, W., Silins, H. & Leithwood, K.(2004) Educational leadership for organisational learning and improved student outcomes. Dordrecht, NL: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
 
Nuthall, G. (2007). The hidden lives of learners. Wellington, NZ: NZCER Press.
 
Rose, D. H., Meyer, A., & HItchcock, C. (2005). The universally designed classroom: Accessible curriculum and digital technologies. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.
 
Rose, D. & Meyer, A. (eds). A practical reader in universal design for learning. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.
 
Sawyer, R.K. (ed) (2006). The Cambridge handbook of the learning sciences. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
 
Senge, P., Scharmer, C.O., Jaworski, J. & Flowers, B. (2005). Presence: Exploring profound change in people, organizations and society. New York: NY: Doubleday.
 
Wagner, T. (2008). The global achievement gap: Why even our best schools don’t teach the new survival skills our children need–and what we can do about it. New York, NY: Basic Books.
 
Wagner, T., Kegan, R., Lahey, L., Lemons, R., Garnier, J., Helsing, D., Howell, A. & Rasmussen, H. (2007). Change leadership: A practical guide to transforming our schools. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
 
Westley, F., Zimmerman, B., & Patton, M.Q.. (2006). Getting to Maybe: How the World is Changed. Random House. Canada.
 
Wiggins, G. & McTighe, J. (2007). Schooling by design: Mission, action and achievement. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development