Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the many future directions of educational change / Dennis Shirley -- Social justice and the future of educational change : section introduction / Santiago Rincón-Gallardo -- In the pursuit of freedom and social justice : four theses to reshape educational change / Santiago Rincón-Gallardo -- Curricular and pedagogical perspectives on transnational students within socially just approaches to literacy education / Allison Skerrett -- Social justice, educational change, and escuela nueva / Alfredo Sarmiento and Vicky Colbert -- 30 years after : from "research as praxis" to "praxis in the ruins" / Patti Lather -- The future directions of building professional capital : section introduction / Kristin Kew -- Strong "adult professional culture" : the indispensable ingredient for sustainable school improvement / Jon Saphier -- Realizing professional capital by, for, and with the learning profession : lessons from Canada / Carol Campbell -- Building and sustaining capital in New Zealand education / Jan Robertson -- Leading educational change in socially networked systems / Alan J. Daly -- Systems change : section introduction / Helen Janc Malone -- A comparative view of education system reform : policy, politics, and people / Beatriz Pont -- Experimental research and educational change : methodological insights from the global South / Brahm Fleisch -- Skillsfuture : the future of lifelong learning in Singapore / Pak Tee Ng -- Coherence making : whole system change strategy / Joanne Quinn and Michael Fullan.