Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1) Introduction -- Background to this book -- Research drawn upon -- Participants being on-going since 2000 -- Message of the book.-Chapter 2) Action research and professional learning -- Introducing the message of the chapter with a vignette -- Action research as professional development -- reclaiming the space -- Different aspects of professional learning -- Professional learning as developing -- Compassion, Care, Collaboration, Commitment, Connection, Communication -- Development of professional activism -- Chapter 3) Transforming (learning for leading) -- Introducing the message of the chapter with a vignette -- Processes of learning -- Modelling -- Translation into own practice -- Enacting professional activism -- Chapter 4) Leading -- Introducing the message of the chapter with a vignette -- Acting professionally as a leader -- The generative development of leading practices -- Facilitate professional learning in different sites -- Chapter 5) Conclusion -- Introducing the message of the chapter with a vignette -- How education practices hang together ecologically -- Education for sustainability -- Implications for teachers -- Implications for leaders -- Implications for principals -- Implications for policymakers locally, nationally and internationally.

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