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This book explores the educational leadership, policy and social justice implications of the increasing dismantling of public education systems and the privatisation of educational provision.

This book documents advances in Cognitive Load Theory (CLT) over the past decade, during which it has become one of the major instructional theories based on our knowledge of human cognitive architecture.

Over the last two decades, large-scale national, or provincial, standardised testing has become prominent in the schools of many countries around the globe. National Testing in Schools: An Australian Assessment draws on research to consider the nature of national testing and its multiple effects, including: media responses and constructions such as league tables of performance pressures within school systems and on schools effects on the work and identities of principals and teachers and impacts on the experience of schooling for many young people, including those least advantaged. Using Australia as the case site for global concerns regarding national testing, this book will be an invaluable companion for education researchers, teacher educators, teacher education students and teachers globally.

Over the last two decades, large-scale national, or provincial, standardised testing has become prominent in the schools of many countries around the globe. National Testing in Schools: An Australian Assessment draws on research to consider the nature of national testing and its multiple effects, including: media responses and constructions such as league tables of performance pressures within school systems and on schools effects on the work and identities of principals and teachers and impacts on the experience of schooling for many young people, including those least advantaged. Using Australia as the case site for global concerns regarding national testing, this book will be an invaluable companion for education researchers, teacher educators, teacher education students and teachers globally.

This edited collection examines the ways in which the local and global are key to understanding race and racism in the intersectional context of contemporary education. It will guide readers as they navigate issues of race in education research and practice, and will assist them in critically understanding this challenging field.

This edited collection examines the ways in which the local and global are key to understanding race and racism in the intersectional context of contemporary education. It will guide readers as they navigate issues of race in education research and practice, and will assist them in critically understanding this challenging field.

This book explores the educational leadership, policy and social justice implications of the increasing dismantling of public education systems and the privatisation of educational provision.

This book documents advances in Cognitive Load Theory (CLT) over the past decade, during which it has become one of the major instructional theories based on our knowledge of human cognitive architecture.