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Reshaping Educational Practice for Improvement: How Schools Mediate and Enact Government Reforms

Sun, April 6, 8:15 to 10:15am, Convention Center, Floor: 100 Level, 102A

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This symposium is about schools which can effectively enact government policies for the improvement of teaching and learning and pupil outcomes. Using rich illustrations from a diverse range of effective and improving secondary schools in Australia, Hong Kong, Sweden, the UK and the USA, this symposium discusses how school leaders, especially principals, play a key role in successfully steering their schools through changing social and policy landscapes; in providing optimal conditions, structures and cultures for learning and teaching; in enabling teachers to respond positively to the unavoidable uncertainties inherent in their everyday professional lives; and through this, sustain their commitment, wellbeing and effectiveness in making a difference to the learning, achievement and life chances of children and young people.

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