Flip the System Australia: What Matters in Education

277 Pages·2018·4.159 MB·English

by  Deborah M. Netolicky, Jon Andrews, Cameron Paterson

Flip the System Australia
Thisisa book by educators, for educators.Itgrapples withthe complexities,the
humanity and the possibilities in education. In a climate of competing account-
abilities and measurement mechanisms; corporate solutions to education ‘pro-
blems’; and narratives of ‘failing’ schools, ‘underperforming’ teachers and
‘disengaged’students;thisbookasks‘Whatmatters?’or‘Whatshouldmatter?’in
education.
Based in the unique Australian context, this book situates Australian educa-
tion policy, research and practice within the international education narrative.
It argues that professionals within schools should be supported, empowered
andwelcomedintopolicydiscourse,notdictatedtobytop-downbureaucracy.
It advocates for a flipping, flattening and democratising of the education
system, in Australia and around the world.
Flip the System Australia: What matters in education brings together the voices
of teachers, school leaders and scholars in order to offer diverse perspectives,
important challenges and hopeful alternatives to the current education system.
Deborah M. Netolicky has almost 20 years’ experience as a teacher, school
leader and researcher in Australia and the UK. She is Honorary Research
Associate at Murdoch University and Dean of Research and Pedagogy at
Wesley College, Perth. Deborah blogs at theeduflaneuse.com and tweets as
@debsnet.
Jon Andrews leads his school’s staff professional development program,
system of teacher coaching and feedback, beginning teacher mentoring and
staff engagement with professional learning.
Cameron Paterson is responsible for the strategic leadership of learning and
teaching, innovation, and promoting excellence in teaching practice at
SHORE School in Sydney. He is closely connected to Harvard’s Project
Zero. In 2016, he received the 21st Century International Global Innovation
Award for Teaching.
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Flip the System Australia
What Matters in Education
Edited by Deborah M. Netolicky,
Jon Andrews and Cameron Paterson
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Contents
Listoffigures ix
Foreword x
JELMEREVERS
Introduction:whatmattersineducation? 1
DEBORAHM.NETOLICKY,JONANDREWSANDCAMERONPATERSON
PARTI
Teacheridentity,voiceandautonomy:turningthesystem
insideout 7
1 Elevatingtheprofessionalidentitiesandvoicesofteachersandschool
leadersineducationalresearch,practiceandpolicymaking 9
DEBORAHM.NETOLICKY
2 Teachers’perceptionsofcommercialisationinAustralianpublic
schools:implicationsforteacherprofessionalism 19
ANNAHOGANANDBOBLINGARD
3 Flippingthesystem,butinwhichdirection?reclaimingeducationas
apublicconcern 30
GERTBIESTA
4 Podcasts:vehiclesforprofessionalgrowthandsystemflipping 39
CAMERONMALCHER
5 Educationbeyondrisk:vulnerabilityasachallengeto
neoliberalism’scolour-blindorder 43
BENJAMINDOXTDATOR
vi Contents
PARTII
Collaborativeexpertise:reprofessionalisingthesystem 53
6 Flippinglarge-scaleassessments:bringingteacherexpertiseto
thetable 55
GREGTHOMPSON,DAVIDRUTKOWSKIANDSAMSELLAR
7 Schoolsforthefuture:networksandinnovation 64
CAMERONPATERSONANDKERENCAPLE
8 Developingteacherleadershipandcollaborativeprofessionalismto
flipthesystem:reflectionsfromCanada 74
CAROLCAMPBELL
9 Changingeducationinaction:lightingthecollectiveefficacyflame 85
GAVINHAYSANDADAMHENDRY
10 Fromweaknesstostrength:turningthechallengeof‘outoffield
teaching’intoateamthatthrives 89
YASODAISELVAKUMARAN
11 Flippingtheirlids:teachers’wellbeingincrisis 93
ANDYHARGREAVES,SHANEÉWASHINGTONAND
MICHAELT.O’CONNOR
PARTIII
Socialjustice:democratisingthesystem 105
12 “In2017weseektobeheard”:de-tanglingthecontradictory
discoursesthatsilenceIndigenousvoicesineducation 107
MELITTAHOGARTH
13 Lockedout,leftout:threegenerationsschooledandclassed 115
KELLYCHEUNG
14 Learningwithconnection:shiftingteachers’practicethrough
authenticengagementwithAboriginalandTorresStrait
Islandercommunities 124
KEVINLOWE
Contents vii
15 EmpoweringAboriginalandTorresStraitIslanderstudents
inschools 133
BENLEWIS
16 Reachthemthenteachthem:engagementinalternative
educationsettings 137
DANHAESLERANDMELISSAFOTEA
17 Makerspaceas‘soulwork’ofpublicschooling 145
TOMAZLASIC
18 EquitableeducationinAustralia:empoweringschoolsto
leadtheway 149
PASISAHLBERG
PARTIV
Professionallearningforaflippedsystem 161
19 Coachingforagency:thepowerofprofessionally
respectfuldialogue 163
JONANDREWSANDCHRISMUNRO
20 Changingthelandscapethroughprofessionallearning 172
RACHELLOFTHOUSE
21 FromsilotoStudyGroup:subvertingteacherlearning 182
RYANGILLANDCARLAGAGLIANO
PARTV
Leadershipforaflippedsystem 187
22 Empoweringeducatorsthroughflippedschoolleadership? 189
SCOTTEACOTT
23 Ridingtwowildhorses:leadingAustralianschoolsinaneraof
accountability 198
REBECCACODY
24 Acultureoftrust:keypracticesofcompellingleadership 204
PAULBROWNING
viii Contents
25 Contextmatters:womenleadinginruralschools 214
SUSANBRADBEER
26 Oneschool’sjourneytocreateaneweducationparadigm 222
RAYTROTTER
27 Findingourrootsintheleaves:anecologyofchangeinleading
learningthatmatters 232
FLOSSIES.G.CHUA,DAVIDN.PERKINSANDDANIELG.WILSON
Conclusion:speakinghopeintoeducationdiscourse 242
DEBORAHM.NETOLICKY,JONANDREWSANDCAMERONPATERSON
Listofcontributors 247
Index 253
Figures
18.1 Studentacademicachievementandthestrengthofsocioeconomic
gradientinOECDcountriesin2015 151
18.2 ScienceperformancescoreinPISA2015andparents’levelof
educationin2015 154
20.1 Metamorphosis:apracticedevelopmentledmodelforindividual
professionallearningandinstitutionalgrowth 178
26.1 Creatinganeweducationparadigm:theWoorannaParkPrimary
Schooljourney 227
27.1 PreschoolersAmy,Cathy,Eugene,Rob,andReenawithteacher
LynetteGeorgelearningtouseBlackwoodleavesassoap 232