Transforming Practices: Changing the World with the Theory of Practice Architectures - Paperback

by Stephen Kemmis (Author)

Introduction.- Changing the world: The dynamics of transformation.- ErinEarth Garden: An example of Education for Sustainability.- The theory of practice architectures: Practices.- How Practice architectures Hold practices in their course.- Practices as species in communities and ecologies.- Ecologies of practices: Co-production and interdependence.- Philosophical-empirical enquiry, heuristics for analysis.- Critical analysis and transformation.- A new world coming.- What we know now.

Back Jacket

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.

Author Biography

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.