Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Education for a World Worth Living In -- Introduction -- A Conversation of Traditions -- The Theory of Practice Architectures -- Praxis and Practice -- Education, Pedagogy, and Bildung -- Chapters of the Book -- References -- 2 What is Educational Praxis? -- Introduction -- From Praxis and Practice to Educational Praxis -- Practice and Praxis: A Common Genealogy -- Educational Praxis -- Educational Praxis: Recurring Themes -- Praxis as Doing -- Particularity -- Morality and Justice -- Agents and Agency -- History -- Connectedness -- Redefining and Characterising Educational Praxis -- Educational Praxis as Forming, Self-forming, and Transforming -- A Consideration of What Educational Praxis is Not -- A Synthesis -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Research that Facilitates Praxis and Praxis Development -- Introduction -- Key Methodological/Theoretical Ideas Informing Research Facilitating Praxis -- Theories of Social Justice and Change -- The Theory of Practice Architectures -- Research Practices Facilitating Praxis and Praxis Development -- Educational Action Research -- Collaborative Research Practices -- Arrangements Enabling Research Facilitating Praxis -- Whose Praxis is Being Researched, and from Where? -- Educators' Praxis at the Centre -- Research Facilitating Praxis from the "Outside" -- Researchers "In Between" -- Facilitating Praxis from the "Inside" -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Critiquing and Cultivating the Conditions for Educational Praxis and Praxis Development -- Introduction -- Neoliberalism and Neoliberalisation -- Managerialism and Performance Management -- Accountability as Performativity -- Categorising, Numbering, Labelling, and Differentiating -- Sustaining and Cultivating Educational Praxis -- Conclusion -- References.

5 Teaching as Pedagogical Praxis -- Introduction -- The Character of Teaching -- Teaching, Pedagogy, and Education -- The Doubleness of Teaching in Neoliberal Times -- Teaching as Dialogic -- The Practice of Teaching -- Studying Teaching Through the Lens of the Theory of Practice Architectures -- Learning and Teaching -- Teaching as a Practice -- The Practice Architectures that Enable and Constrain the Practice of Teaching -- Teaching in Universities -- Teaching in Vocational Education and Training (VET) -- Teaching in Early Childhood Education and Care -- Teaching in Primary Schools -- Teaching in Secondary Schools -- Teaching in Community Education Settings -- Teaching Practices Unfold in Intersubjective Space -- An Ontological Perspective on Teaching Practices -- Teaching and Learning as (Sometimes) Ecologically Related in Pedagogical Practice -- Co-production -- Good Teaching and Good Pedagogical Practice -- From Practice to Praxis and Critical Pedagogical Praxis -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Leading as Shared Transformative Educational Practice -- Introduction -- The Systematic Review -- A Practice View of the Professional Practice of Leading: Practices and Practice Architectures -- Leading as a Practice -- Leading Practices in Educational Sites -- Leading as a Practice-Changing Practice -- 'Good' Leading Practice-As Understood and Experienced by Educators -- Leading that Enables -- Leading as Shared Responsibility -- Leading as Praxis-Oriented -- Leading from, Within, and Beyond the Middle -- Middle Leading -- The Practice of Leading from, Within, and Beyond the Middle -- Middle Leading as Relational Work -- Middle Leading as Pedagogically Oriented -- Leading as Generative of Leading: How Practices of Middle Leading Translate and Travel -- Leading as a Democratic Practice -- Leading as a Socially just Practice/Praxis -- Conclusion.

References -- 7 Collaborative Professional Learning for Changing Educational Practices -- Introduction -- Broader Themes of Professional Learning and Development Within PEP Literature -- Action Research for Professional Learning -- Professional Learning for Social Justice -- Leading for Professional Learning -- Professional Learning Through the Teaching Career -- Initial Teacher Education -- Mentoring and Workplace Learning -- Site-Based Professional Learning and Development -- Higher Education -- Conclusion: A Conceptualisation of Professional Learning -- References -- 8 Critical Praxis for Critical Times -- Education for Living Well in a World Worth Living In -- The World We Live in is in Danger of Becoming a World not Being Worth Living In -- An Education Problem -- A Focus on Critical Educational Praxis: Pathways to Hope and Resistance -- Collective Action to Advance Critical Praxis in Education -- The Enduring Pursuit of Praxis: Critical Research for Sustaining Strong Educational Futures -- Conclusion -- References -- Name Index -- Index.

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