The book is directed at all who are concerned with progressive school change and the promotion of democratic citizenship and social justice.

Introduction 1. Reimagining School Change: the Reasons For and necessity of Hope 2. Making a Difference through Philosophy (Australia) 3. Development processes in a laboratory school (Germany) 4. Curriculum Development and Thematic Learning ( Norway) 5. Educating in the Margins, Lessons for the Mainstream (Australia) 6. Reflections of an Aboriginal School Principal: Leading Change in an Aboriginal School (Australia) 7. Pedagogy of the Landless (Brazil) 8. The Promise of Place and Community-based Education (USA) 9. Approaching School Change through 'Learning Lives' (Norway) 10. Storythread Pedagogy for Environmental Education (Australia) 11. Creative Learning in an Inner-city Primary School (England) 12. Talking Honestly in a Challenging Primary School (England) 13. Weaving the Web of Professional Practice (Australia) 14. A fair go for low SES Students (Australia) 15. Using Critical Mathematics to Understand the Conditions of our Lives (USA) Conclusion 16. Resources for Changing Schools: ideas in and for Practice

Terry Wrigley is Visiting Professor of Education at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.

Pat Thomson is Professor of Education in the School of Education at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Bob Lingard is Professor in the School of Education at the University of Queensland, Australia.